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ORIGINALARTICLESAuthorsaloneareresponsib leforopinionsexpressedinthecontributiona ndforitsclearancethroughtheirfederalheal thagency, ,175,7:469,2010DiseaseandNonbattleInjuri esSustain !dbya ,MCUSA*; ,MCUSA*;CPTBrianWaterman,MCUSA*;LTCKentD eZee,MeUSA*;COLRobBurks,QMUSAf; ,MCUSAtABSTRACTBackground:Alongitudinalc ohortanalysisofdiseasenonbattleinjuries( DNBI)sustainedbya :Adescriptiveanalysiswasundertakentoeval uateforDNBIcasualtycarestatisticsincurre dbya (BCT)duringa :Ofthe4,122soldiersdeployed,therewere1,3 24DNBIwith5 ( )deaths,208( )medicalevacuations(MEDEVAC),and1,111( ) , ,comparedwithmales,hada significantlyincreasedinci-denceraterati oforbecominga (95% , ).Of47femalesoldiersreceivingMEDEVAC35(7 4%) ( )andpsychiatricdisorders( ) , ,000combat- , :Musculoskeletalinjuriesandpsychiatricdi sordersaccountedfor74%ofthetotalDNBIcasu alties,and430 suicideratenearlyfourtimesgreaterthanpre viouslyreported, :(1)enemyaction,whichbydefinitioninclude snotonlybattleinjuriesbutalsobeingcaptur ed;(2)disease;(3)nonbattleinjury;(4)dese rtion;and(5) ,diseaseandnonbattleinjury(DNBI)hasresul tedinsignifi-cantlymorehospitalizationsa ndtimelostthanbattleinju-riesasa *WilliamBeaumontArmyMedicalCenter,EIPaso , ,NavalPostgraduateSchool,Monterey,CA,939 43.

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