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Table 4 Excess mortality in OEF/OIF/OND VA veterans compared to the DOD population

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)

SMR

95% Confidence interval

DSRR

SMR

95% Confidence interval

DSRR

SMR

95% Confidence interval

DSRR

All

2.08

2.02-2.15

2.03

2.34

2.26-2.41

2.28

0.63

0.55-0.72

0.62

Rank

         

Enlisted

2.15

2.08-2.21

2.08

2.39

2.31-2.46

2.31

0.69

0.59-0.79

0.67

Officer

1.51

1.32-1.70

1.40

1.82

1.58-2.05

1.68

0.33

0.17-0.60

0.33

Warrant Officer

0.90

0.63-1.23

1.04

1.05

0.74-1.46

1.17

0.14

0.00-0.78

0.26

Component of Service

         

Active

1.75

1.68-1.82

1.75

1.87

1.79-1.94

1.87

0.59

0.52-0.82

0.59

Guard

3.42

3.23-3.61

3.38

3.95

3.72-4.18

3.94

1.24

0.99-1.53

1.28

Reserve

3.36

3.11-3.61

3.46

4.04

3.73-4.36

4.24

0.82

0.57-1.13

0.8

Branch of Service

         

Air Force

2.32

2.11-2.52

2.11

2.60

2.36-2.83

2.38

0.75

0.48-1.12

0.58

Army

2.15

2.07-2.23

2.10

2.43

2.33-2.52

2.37

0.65

0.54-0.77

0.65

Marines

1.67

1.53-1.82

1.68

1.83

1.67-1.99

1.84

0.55

0.34-0.85

0.56

Navy

1.83

1.67-1.99

1.75

2.05

1.87-2.23

1.97

0.52

0.32-0.79

0.47

  1. Indirectly Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMR), 2002-2011.