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Introduction| Table 3.19 Serious Injuries and Illnesses UK Armed Forces Personnel and Civilians: by year of occurrence and service, numbers and rates per 100,000, 1999-20081,2,3,4 |
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| Serious injuries and illnesses are those that are not defined as "major" according to the HSE criteria, but which could result in a person being unable to perform their normal duties for more than three days. The rate of serious injury and illnesses reported increased over the ten years from 432 per 100,000 MOD personnel in 1999 to 520 per 100,000 in 2008. The data in this table are not National Statistics because they have not been designated as such by the Ministry of Defence. |
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| Numbers | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |||||||||
Total |
1 365 | 1 370 | 1 235 | 990 | 1 010 | 1 190 | 1 300 | 1 550 | 1 425 | 1 375 | |||||||||
Naval Service |
125 | 130 | 115 | 60 | 60 | 75 | 75 | 120 | 135 | 120 | |||||||||
Army |
370 | 360 | 430 | 415 | 430 | 630 | 765 | 980 | 855 | 800 | |||||||||
Royal Air Force |
200 | 245 | 180 | 155 | 180 | 185 | 165 | 110 | 65 | 55 | |||||||||
Civilian |
675 | 635 | 515 | 360 | 335 | 300 | 295 | 340 | 375 | 405 | |||||||||
| Rate (per 100,000 strength) |
1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |||||||||
Total |
432 | 438 | 405 | 330 | 337 | 398 | 447 | 550 | 522 | 520 | |||||||||
Naval Service |
285 | 305 | 269 | 145 | 148 | 185 | 194 | 306 | 348 | 313 | |||||||||
Army |
335 | 328 | 392 | 376 | 385 | 563 | 704 | 914 | 803 | 765 | |||||||||
Royal Air Force |
365 | 446 | 337 | 293 | 339 | 345 | 327 | 230 | 146 | 127 | |||||||||
Civilian |
623 | 600 | 515 | 379 | 361 | 324 | 320 | 388 | 452 | 518 | |||||||||
| Source: DASA (Health Information) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1. The numbers provided in the table include both regular and reservist personnel, MOD civilian staff, and any other civilians injured on MOD property or in/by MOD vehicles. |
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| 2. Figures exclude Health and Safety related fatalities | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Rates calculated using Armed Forces and Full-time equivalent civilian strengths as the denominator | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4. The numbers of injuries have been rounded to the nearest 5, and therefore may not always add up to the totals provided. | |||||||||||||||||||