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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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