Chapter 3 - Health
                                         
Table 3.2 Deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces: by year of occurrence and cause1, numbers,                      1999-2008
Numbers 1999 2 2000   2001   2002   2003 2 2004 2 2005 2 2006 2 2007 2 2008  
Total 142 r 147   142   147   177 r 170 r 160 r 191 r 204 r 137  
                                         
Disease-related conditions 40   35   41   40   40   43   44 r 41 r 37   34  
      Cancers 25   16   24   19   18   21 r 23   25   27   23  
      Diseases of the circulatory system 12   16   9   18   14   18   16   15 r 6   7  
      Other 3   3   8   3   8   4 r 5 r 1   4   4  
                                         
External causes of injury and poisoning 100 r 111   100   107   137 r 126 r 115 r 148 r 163 r 100  
   Deaths due to accidents 71 r 71   80   89   70 r 89 r 71   88   80   46  
      Land Transport Accidents 43   45   50   65   49   61   53   61   51 r 27  
      Other 28 r 26   30   24   21 r 28 r 18   27   29 r 19  
   Deaths due to violence 2   4   5   3   41 r 17 r 22   50 r 76 r 52  
      Killed in Action3 1   1   2   -   39 r 11 r 21   41   61 r 49  
      Died of Wounds3 -   -   -   -   1   -   -   7 r 12   3  
      Other 1   3   3   3   1   6   1   2   3 r -  
   Suicide and Open verdicts 27   36   15   15   26 r 20 r 22 r 10   7   2  
                                         
Cause not currently available 2   1   1   -   -   1   1 r 2 r 4   3  
Source: DASA (Health Information)
1.    DASA code all cause of death information to the World Health Organisation's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health        Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10).
2.    Changes to data previously published in UKDS. 11 deaths on operations among non-regular members of the UK Armed Forces have been included: 1 in        1999 (other accident), 4 in 2003 (2 killed in action and 2 other accidents), 1 in 2004 (killed in action), 1 in 2005 (suicide), 1 in 2006 (died of wounds) and 3 in        2007 (2 killed in action and 1 land transport accident). There have also been 7 amendments to the classifications given to the cause of death: 3 records        have been amended from other accident to suicide (1 in 2003, 1 in 2004 and 1 in 2005), 1 record has been amended from cancer to other disease (2004), 1        record has been amended from other disease to cause unavailable (2005), 1 record has been amended from cause unavailable to disease of the        circulatory system (2006) and 1 record has been amended from other accident to other violent (2007).
3.    DASA have included the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Cell (JCCC) categories of killed in action and died of wounds which together provide information        on the number of Service personnel who have died as a result of hostile action. The term 'killed in action' is used when a battle casualty has died outright or        as a result of injuries before reaching a medical facility, whilst 'died of wounds' refers to battle casualties who died of wounds or other injuries after        reaching a medical facility.


Deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces: by cause, percentages, 2008


1.    Hostile action is a combination of the categories killed in action and died of wounds.