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Table 3 Excess mortality in OEF/OIF/OND VA and DOD veterans compared to the US population, 2002–2011

From: Erosion of the healthy soldier effect in veterans of US military service in Iraq and Afghanistan

Variable

VA Total Population (N=899,737)

VA Utilizers (N=765,029)

VA Non-Utilizers (N=134,708)

Department of Defense (DOD) (N=4,614,304)

SMR

95% Confidence interval

DSRR

SMR

95% Confidence interval

DSRR

SMR

95% Confidence interval

DSRR

SMR

95% Confidence interval

DSRR

All

2.84

2.75-2.92

2.56

3.15

3.1-3.25

2.86

0.92

0.79-1.05

0.79

1.47

1.44-1.49

1.19

Age

            

<24

4.69

4.48-4.89

-

5.29

5.05-5.53

-

1.43

1.16-1.75

-

2.47

2.41-2.53

-

25-29

4.38

4.38

-

4.96

4.49-5.44

-

1.01

0.57-1.67

-

2.32

2.19-2.44

-

30-39

3.49

3.26-3.71

-

3.87

3.61-4.13

-

1.24

0.91-1.65

-

1.80

1.72-1.88

-

40-72

1.24

1.16-1.32

-

1.37

1.27-1.46

-

0.38

0.26-0.53

-

0.38

0.36-0.40

-

Sex

            

Female

2.15

1.87-2.43

2.05

2.36

2.05-2.67

2.24

0.64

0.28-1.26

0.66

1.10

1.02-1.18

0.94

Male

2.28

2.21-2.35

2.04

2.54

2.46-2.62

2.28

0.73

0.62-0.83

0.62

1.20

1.18-1.23

0.98

Race 1

            

Hispanic

2.92

2.60-3.24

2.81

3.13

2.78-3.48

3.00

1.14

0.61-1.95

1.17

1.87

1.74-2.00

1.62

White, Non-Hispanic

3.36

3.23-3.48

2.77

3.75

3.61-3.89

3.11

0.96

0.78-1.14

0.75

1.09

1.07-1.12

0.82

Black, Non-Hispanic

1.55

1.42-1.68

1.60

1.64

1.50-1.78

1.72

0.62

0.37-0.97

0.57

2.33

2.22-2.43

2.39

Other, Non-Hispanic

4.01

3.34-4.67

3.98

4.31

3.58-5.05

4.40

1.85

0.80-3.65

1.23

1.56

1.39-1.73

0.95

Unknown

2.29

2.08-2.50

2.34

2.71

2.45-2.97

2.83

0.88

0.64-1.20

0.88

1.35

1.23-1.47

1.10

  1. Indirectly Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMR) and Directly Standardized Relative Risks (DSRR).
  2. 1For DOD, race includes all ethnicities.
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