UKDS 2009 - Chapter 3 - Health

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Chapter 3 - Health

Introduction
Deaths in the UK Armed Forces

Introduction
Table 3.1 Deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces: by year of occurrence and Service, numbers, age and gender standardised rates and Standardised Mortality Ratios, 1999-2008
Table 3.2 Deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces: by year of occurrence and cause, numbers, 1999-2008
Table 3.3 Deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces: by year of occurrence and cause, age and gender standardised rates, 1999-2008
Table 3.4 Deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces: by year of occurrence and cause, standardised mortality ratio, 1999-2008

Suicide and Open Verdict Deaths Among the UK Regular Armed Forces

Introduction
Table 3.5 Suicide and open verdict and awaiting verdict deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces: by Service and gender, numbers, 1984-2008
Table 3.6 Suicide and open verdict deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces: Numbers and Standardised Mortality Ratios, 1984 - 2008, males only

UK Gulf Veterans Mortality

Introduction
Table 3.7 Deaths among UK Gulf 1 Veterans by cause, numbers and rate ratios, 1 April 1991 - 31 December 2008
Charts to Table 3.7 Deaths among UK Gulf 1 Veterans by cause, numbers and rate ratios, 1 April 1991 - 31 December 2008

Operational Fatalities and Casualties

Table 3.8 Number of UK Armed Forces and Civilian Operational Fatalities
Table 3.9 Number of UK Armed Forces and Civilian Operational Casualties

Psychiatric Morbidity

Introduction
Table 3.10 New attendees assessed with a mental disorder at the MOD’s Departments of Community Mental Health: numbers and rates by demographic and military characteristics, 2007 and 2008
Table 3.11 Mental disorder initial assessments for all new cases seen at a Departments of Community Mental Health: numbers and rates, by year and ICD-10 classification, 2007 and 2008
Table 3.12 Initial mental disorder assessments for all new cases seen at a Department of Community Mental Health: numbers and rate ratios, by deployment and ICD-10 classification, 2008

Medical Discharges

Table 3.13 Medical Discharges for regular UK Naval Service Personnel by principal cause code group, numbers, 2004 - 2008
Table 3.14 Medical Discharges for regular UK Army Personnel by principal cause code group, numbers, 2004 - 2008
Table 3.15 Medical Discharges for regular UK RAF Personnel by principal cause code group, numbers, 2004 - 2008

Health and Safety

Table 3.16 Number of UK Armed Forces and MOD civilian work related fatalities: by year of occurrence and type of incident, 1999-2008
Table 3.17 Number of on-duty work place incidents of UK Armed Forces personnel and Civilians resulting in injury-related deaths: by year of occurrence and cause, 1999-2008
Table 3.18 Major Injuries and Illnesses UK Armed Forces Personnel and Civilians: by year of occurrence and service, numbers and rates per 100,000, 1999-2008
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, 1999-2008
Chart to Table 3.18 and 3.19
Table 3.20 Number of working days lost per year due to sickness of civilian personnel, by ICD Code and industrial/non-industrial marker

War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

Introduction
Table 3.21 Number of War Pensions in payment by type of pension, as at 31 March each year
Chart to Table 3.21 Average weekly amount of Disablement Pension (entitlement) - as at 31 March 2009
Table 3.22 Number of claims registered by claim type and financial year under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
Table 3.23 Number of claim outcomes by claim type and financial year under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
Table 3.24 Number of lump sums payments awarded by tariff of injury and financial year under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme