A profile of injuries suffered by female soldiers serving in the Australian Army

BMC Public Health

Table 5 The most commonly reported locations of serious injury in female, when compared to male australian soldiers

Location	Female	Male	IRR [95% CI]
Circulatory System	5 (0.06, 26.3%)	4 (0.01, 4.2%)	7.42 [1.99–27.43]
Forearm	2 (0.02, 10.5%)	4 (0.01, 4.2%)	2.97 [0.54–16.20]
Collated others^a	11 (0.13, 57.9%)	87 (0.17, 91.6%)	0.75 [0.40–1.40]
TOTAL	19 (100%)	95 (100%)

^acollated others n ≤ 1 injuries for females, n ≤ 5 injuries for males. Results reported as number of injuries (injuries/100 soldiers/year, % of all injuries) IRR reference group = males

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