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Subject: DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY                  

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Folder Title: MORBIDITY AMONG NATIONAL GUARD SERVICEMEMBERS DURING ODS                                        

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        bed days; of those with one or more bed days, the mean was 4.247
        days, with a median of         3 days and a mode of I day (Table 7).


                                Table  7 - Bed Days Statistics

                 Total            Sum          Mean     Variance         Std Dev        Std Err
                  2519          10699         4.247         32.295          5.683          0.113

              Minimum        25%ile          Median         75?cile      Maximum             Mode
                 1.000          2.000         3.000          5.000       178.000           1.000
                                                                I
              Student's     'It", testing    whether mean differs from zero.
                T statistic = 37.511, df = 2518                 p-value = 0.0000


              Among all National Guardsmen, the three most common
        diagnoses were injuries and poisonings, musculoskeletal, and
        digestive; together, these categories accounted for just over 50%
        of the diagnoses (Table 8).

                                Table 8 - Diagnostic Groups

                             DIAGRP       I Freq Percent             cum.
                             ---------------------------------
                             CIRC              145      5.2?6        5.2!k
                             COMPL                4     0.1%         5.4%
                             CONGEN             18      0.7%         6.0%
                             DIGEST            317      11.5@        17.5%
                             ENDOCR             44      1.696        19.1%
                             GU                175      6.3*6        25.4?6
                             INFECT             73      2.6?c        28.IP6
                             MENTAL            146      5.3!k        33.4%
                             MUS/SK            456      16.5?c       49.9*g
                             NEOPLSM            38      1.40-.       51.2%
              NSISENS            96      3.5%         54.7?6
                             OTH/UNK           149      5.4%         60.1%
                             POI/INJ           623      22.5%        82.6%
                             PREG                 4     0.1?6        82.896
                             RESPIR            129      4.7%         87.4i
                             S/S               265      9.6%         97.Oi
                             SKIN/SC            82      3.0%       100.0%;
                             ---------------------------------
                                 Total 1 2764 100.0%


              Of the 623 injured and poisoned individuals,
        subclassification was possible for 621 servicemembers. Fractures,
        sprains and strains, and other (i.e., not otherwise classified)
        were the three most common types of injuries, comprising over
        54-'g of the injuries and posibnings (Table 9).


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