Table 4 |
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Demographic and Military Characteristics of Millennium Cohort Study Decedents by Mortality Data Source, July 1, 2001-December 31, 2004 |
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Baseline Characteristic |
All Sources (n = 202) %b |
Department of Defense Medical Mortality Registry (n = 94) %b |
National Center for Health Statistics National Death Index (n = 164) %b |
Social Security Administration Death Master File (n = 173) %b |
Department of Veterans Affairs Mortality Data Files (n = 196) %b |
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Gender |
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Male |
79.7 |
80.9 |
76.2 |
79.8 |
80.1 |
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Female |
20.3 |
19.2 |
23.8 |
20.2 |
19.9 |
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Birth year |
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Pre-1960 |
43.1 |
22.3 |
48.8 |
48.6 |
43.9 |
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1960-1969 |
28.7 |
36.2 |
29.9 |
29.5 |
28.6 |
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1970-1979 |
21.8 |
31.9 |
15.2 |
17.3 |
20.9 |
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1980 or later |
6.4 |
9.6 |
6.1 |
4.6 |
6.6 |
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Race/ethnicity |
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White non-Hispanic |
74.8 |
69.2 |
74.4 |
75.7 |
75.5 |
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Black non-Hispanic |
10.4 |
10.6 |
11.0 |
9.3 |
9.7 |
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Other |
14.9 |
20.2 |
14.6 |
15.0 |
14.8 |
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Marital status |
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Not married |
22.8 |
29.8 |
18.9 |
19.7 |
23.5 |
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Married |
68.8 |
67.0 |
72.0 |
71.1 |
67.9 |
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Divorced |
8.4 |
3.2 |
9.2 |
9.3 |
8.7 |
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Education |
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High school or less |
50.5 |
48.9 |
50.0 |
48.6 |
51.0 |
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Some college |
24.8 |
22.3 |
26.8 |
25.4 |
24.0 |
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Bachelor's degree |
15.8 |
17.0 |
13.4 |
16.8 |
16.3 |
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Advanced degree |
8.9 |
11.7 |
9.8 |
9.3 |
8.7 |
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Service component |
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Reserve/National Guard |
55.5 |
31.9 |
61.0 |
56.7 |
56.6 |
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Active duty |
44.6 |
68.1 |
39.0 |
43.4 |
43.4 |
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Branch of service |
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Army |
48.5 |
46.8 |
47.6 |
47.4 |
48.5 |
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Air Force |
30.7 |
24.5 |
31.7 |
33.0 |
30.6 |
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Navy/Coast Guard |
15.8 |
20.2 |
18.3 |
15.6 |
15.8 |
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Marine Corps |
5.0 |
8.5 |
2.4 |
4.1 |
5.1 |
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Military pay grade |
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Enlisted |
75.7 |
73.4 |
76.8 |
75.1 |
76.0 |
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Officer |
24.3 |
26.6 |
23.2 |
24.9 |
24.0 |
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Occupational category |
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Combat specialists |
22.3 |
26.6 |
18.3 |
21.4 |
22.5 |
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Health care specialists |
9.4 |
8.5 |
11.0 |
11.0 |
9.7 |
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Service supply and functional support |
32.2 |
27.7 |
37.8 |
32.4 |
32.1 |
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Other |
36.1 |
37.2 |
32.9 |
35.3 |
35.7 |
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Deployment experiencec |
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Pre-2001 |
23.3 |
21.3 |
26.2 |
24.9 |
24.0 |
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2001-2006 |
15.4 |
25.5 |
7.3 |
13.9 |
15.3 |
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Pre-2001 and 2001-2006 |
9.4 |
16.0 |
5.5 |
9.8 |
9.2 |
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None |
52.0 |
37.2 |
61.0 |
51.5 |
51.5 |
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Separated from military serviced |
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No |
85.6 |
89.4 |
82.9 |
85.6 |
86.2 |
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Yes |
14.4 |
10.6 |
17.1 |
14.5 |
13.8 |
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a Includes Millennium Cohort participants who enrolled in the study between July 1, 2001, and June 30, 2003, and had complete demographic data. b Percents may not sum to 100 due to rounding. c Deployment category "Pre-2001" refers to individuals deployed to the 1991 Gulf War or to Bosnia, Kosovo, or Southwest Asia between January 1, 1998, and September 30, 2000; the category "2001-2006" includes individuals deployed in support of the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan between September 1, 2001, and December 31, 2006. d Separation (retirement or early separation) from military service as of December 31, 2006 (excludes death as a reason for separation). |
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Hooper et al. Population Health Metrics 2010 8:15 doi:10.1186/1478-7954-8-15 |
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