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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-cant

Disease Nonbattle Injuries Sustained by an ArmyBeT cohort in this study is therefore ideal for analysis because it is not only the principal combat unit for the Army but it also

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