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Subject: DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY
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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
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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.
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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%;
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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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