Medical evacuations out of the U.S. Central and U.S. Africa Commands, active and reserve components, U.S. Armed Forces, 2021.

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division; Defense Health Agency.

Publisher: Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101548156 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2152-8217 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 21528217 NLM ISO Abbreviation: MSMR Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Apr. 2007- : Silver Spring, MD : Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center
Original Publication: -Mar. 2007: Washington, DC : Army Medical Surveillance Activity

Military Personnel* ; Transportation of Patients*/statistics & numerical data; Humans ; Mental Disorders/epidemiology ; Mental Disorders/therapy ; United States/epidemiology ; War-Related Injuries/epidemiology ; War-Related Injuries/therapy ; Wounds and Injuries/epidemiology ; Wounds and Injuries/therapy

The proportions of evacuations out of USCENTCOM that were due to battle injuries declined substantially in 2021. For USCENTCOM, evacuations for mental health disorders were the most common, followed by non-battle injury and poisoning, and signs, symptoms, and ill-defined conditions. For USAFRICOM, evacuations for non-battle injury and poisoning were most common, followed by disorders of the digestive system and mental health disorders.

Keywords: military deployment health; military medical evacuations

Date Created: 20221017 Date Completed: 20221021 Latest Revision: 20221021

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