DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY

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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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                            Table 11 - Most Common ICD9 Codes

              ICD-9 Code       Diagnosis         Frequency        Percentage

                     724.2         Lumbago                   121                 3.2
                     558.9         Other & unspeci-          104                 2.8
                                   fied noninfectious
                                   gastroenteritis
                                   and colitis
                     786.50        Chest pain,                79                 2.1
                                   unspecified
                     401.9         Essential HIN,             @n                 1.7
                                   unspecified
                     550.9         Inguinal hernia,           64                 1.7
                                   w/o mention of ob-
                                   struction or gangrene
                     V68.89        Encounter for other 64                        1.7
                                   specified admini-
                                   strative purpose
                     789.0         Abdominal pain             48                 1.3
                     592.0         Calculus of kidney         44                 1.2
                     722.10        Displacement of            40                 1.1
                                   lumbar intervertebral
                                   disc w/o myelopathy
                     493.9         Asthma, unspecified 37                        1.0
                     079.9         Unspecified viral          36                 1.0
                                   infection
                     799.9         Unknown and unspeci-36                        1.0
                                   fied cause of morbidity
                                   and mortality


              Among the National Guardsmen suffering injury or illness,
        two died, approximately half returned to duty, and approximately
    40% were transported to another medical treatment facility (Table
        12).


                            Table 12 - Disposition Frequencies

        DSP                                       Freq Percent         cum.
        -----------------------------------------------------
        DIED                                          2      0.106        0.1%
        OTHER DISCHARGE                               9      0.30-.       0.4i
        RETURN TO DUTY                            1497       54.2i       54.60-.
        TRANSPORTED TO OTHER MTF                  1202       43.5i       98.00-.
        UNKNOWN OR MISSING                           S4      2.006     ioo.oi
        -----------------------------------------------------
                                      Total 1 2764 100.Oi
              The epidemic curve for@!National Guard members is shown in
        Figure 2.

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