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Introduction
Table 3.18
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| Table 3.19 Number of medical discharges for Regular UK RAF personnel by
principal cause code group1 |
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| During the 5-year period 2005-2009, musculoskeletal disorders and injuries were the most common cause of discharge in the RAF with 424 discharges. They accounted for 48% of all cause coded medical discharges for the RAF during the 5-year period. There were also 238 (27%) medical discharges for mental and behavioural disorders, and 65 (7%) medical discharges for nervous system disorders.
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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| 2005 | 2006 | 2 | 2007 | 2 | 2008 | 2 | 2009 | |||
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| All medical discharges | 207 | 241 | 227 | r | 189 | r | 191 | |||
| All cause coded medical discharges | 124 | 222 | 215 | r | 171 | r | 152 | |||
| Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00 - B99) | - | - | ~ | ~ | ~ | |||||
| Neoplasms (C00 - D48) | - | ~ | ~ | 6 | 5 | |||||
| Blood disorders (D50 - D89) | ~ | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00 - E90) | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | |||||
| - Of which diabetes (E10-E14) | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | |||||
| Mental and behavioural disorders (F00 - F99) | 38 | 78 | 49 | 41 | 32 | |||||
| - Of which depression (F32 & F33) | 14 | 28 | 14 | 25 | 14 | |||||
| - Of which Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (F431) | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | |||||
| - Of which adjustment disorder (F432) | 14 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Nervous system disorders (G00 - G99) | 8 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 10 | |||||
| - Of which epilepsy (G40) | ~ | 6 | ~ | ~ | - | |||||
| Eye and adnexa diseases (H00 - H59) | ~ | ~ | 5 | - | ~ | |||||
| - Of which blindness, low vision and visual disturbance (H53 & H54) | ~ | - | ~ | - | ~ | |||||
| Ear and mastoid process diseases (H60 - H95) | ~ | 6 | ~ | ~ | ~ | |||||
| - Of which noise-induced hearing loss (H831) | - | ~ | ~ | - | - | |||||
| - Of which tinnitus (H931) | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Circulatory system disorders (I00 - I99) | 6 | 9 | 10 | ~ | ~ | |||||
| Respiratory system disorders (J00 - J99) | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | |||||
| - Of which asthma (J45 & J46) | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | - | |||||
| Digestive system disorders (K00 - K93) | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | |||||
| Skin and subcutaneous tissue diseases (L00 - L99) | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | |||||
| Musculoskeletal disorders (M00 - M99) and injuries (S00 - T98) | 51 | 88 | r | 109 | 92 | r | 84 | |||
| - Of which low back pain (M544-5) | 6 | 20 | 29 | 21 | 18 | |||||
| - Of which heat injury (T67) | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - Of which cold injury (T68 & T69) | - | ~ | - | ~ | ~ | |||||
| Genitourinary system diseases (N00 - N99) | - | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | |||||
| Pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (O00 - O99) | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Congenital malformations (Q00 - Q99) | ~ | - | - | - | ~ | |||||
| Clinical and laboratory findings (R00 - R99) | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | |||||
| Factors influencing health status (Z00 - Z99) | - | ~ | ~ | ~ | - | |||||
| Other medical discharges for which data are not available3 | 83 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 39 | |||||
| Source: DASA (Health Information) | ||||||||||
| 1. Numbers smaller than five have been suppressed in line with DASA Health Information's rounding policy. Suppressed numbers are represented as
~ and where there is only one number smaller than five in any column the next smallest number has also been suppressed. This may include numbers larger than five. |
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| 2. Figures have been revised due to Reservists being removed and/or new medical information becoming available and therefore changing the
cause code category. |
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| 3. Figures include medical discharges for which either no medical documents have been received by DASA or consent for DASA to analyse
individual medical information has been withheld. |
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