SUMMARY DISEASE SURFILLANCE INFORMATION ODS

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Subject: SUMMARY DISEASE SURFILLANCE INFORMATION ODS                     

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Folder Title: VARIOUS NAVAL MESSAGES FOLDER 2                                                                 

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                                                                7 Match  1991



            From.   LCDR K.  Hanson   MC USN  (FS)
                    NAVCENT  Preveniive  Medicine   Officer
            To:     MEF Medical Departments

            SubJ:   SUMMARY  DISEASE SURVEILLA.VCE INFORMATION     FROM OPERATION
                    DESERT STORM

            Encl:   (1) LOTUS spreadsheet    with  summary rate   information
                    (2) Diarrhea graph (MEF-wide)'
                    (3) Respiratory graph (MEF-wide)
                    (4) Dermatological graph (MEF-wide)
                    (5) Heat injury graph (MEF-wide)
                    (6) InJury/musculoskeletal graph (MEF-wide@
                    (7)..T6tal a6ute-visits graph (MEF-wide)

            1.   Asummary of the disease/non-battle injury Fates           experienced
            thus far in Desert Storm is provided. Enclosure'.(l)         is a summary
            T nTlj§-@- spre@iisbe@t -f ro which, enclosures (2)'..,through (7)    were
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       ,,.;.,.@.,.,gener'a:t6d...@ -.:,,-@@.Indivi:dual-: unit surveillance -grap@s-.@ are also,


            2. A few   general   comments  about  the data  are  in-order.

            a. Since   this data is extracted     from sick call   logs, it   is  only
            as good as the log itself. The quality of logs varies from            unit
            to unit, and sometimes does not include minor complaints treated
            at the   company level by the corpsman.           Some degree of mis-
            classification also occurs at the unit level when the log is
            summarized.


            b. The conglomerated summary information from many units tends to
            hide some significant individual unit trends.                The disease
            experience of each major unit is contained in a separate spread-
            sheet, and describes unit-specific outbreaks and trends.

         c. In general, the denominator listed includes about two-thirds
            of the force strength. The missing one-third is made up of small
            units or detachments which do not have a BAS-level medical
            department, and are not formally enrolled in surveillance.

            d. Denominators for the past 2 to 3 weeks do not include many
            manuever units, because of the nature of combat operations.

            a.     During the weeks of        13 and 20 January, there was a
            significant decline in sick call visits in every category. This
            corresponds precisely to the onset of hostilities (17 Jan), and
            probably represents a shift      in the normal threshold for seeking
            medical care.


            3. Specific comments on the      enclosures:

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