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Table 5 Temporal changes in injury-related mortality rate ratios (95%CIs) in various studies

From: A systematic review of post-deployment injury-related mortality among military personnel deployed to conflict zones

Conflict

Study

Follow-up Period (years)

All External Causesb

Motor Vehicle Eventsb

Suicide (E950–959)b

Homicide (E960–969)b

Vietnam

Boyle et al. 1987 & Boehmer et al. 2004 [9, 29]

≤ 5

ND

1.93 (1.16–3.22)

1.72 (0.76–3.88)

1.52 (0.59–3.91)

  

6–14

ND

1.16 (0.72–1.87)

0.64 (0.32–1.30)

0.78 (0.39–1.55)

  

6–30

ND

1.02 (0.73–1.43)

0.93 (0.64–1.34)

0.80 (0.50–1.26)

Gulf

Kang & Bullman 2001 [57]

≤ 1.7

ND

1.32 (1.13–1.53)

ND

ND

  

1.8–3.3

ND

1.21 (1.01–1.45)

ND

ND

  

3.4–5.0

ND

1.17 (0.98–1.40)

ND

ND

  

5.1–6.7

ND

1.00 (0.82–1.22)

ND

ND

 

MacFarlane et al. 2005 [59]

≤ 6

1.13 (1.06–1.63)

ND

ND

ND

  

7–13

1.05 (0.83–1.33)

ND

ND

ND

  1. aValues are mortality rate ratios (conflict-zone veterans/non-conflict-zone veterans) with 95% confidence intervals.
  2. bND = No data reported in article