Chapter 3 - Health
                                         
Table 3.2 Deaths in the UK Regular Armed Forces: by year of occurrence and cause1, numbers, 2001-2010
Numbers 2001   2002   2003 2 2004   2005   2006   2007   2008 2 2009 2 2010  
Total 142   147   177   170   160   191   204   137   205   187  
 
Disease-related conditions 41   41   40   43   44   41   38   37 r 36   26  
   Cancers 24   19   18   21   23   25   27   24 r 19   16  
   Diseases of the
   circulatory system		 9   19   14   18   16   15   7   9 r 9 r 7  
   Other 8   3   8   4   5   1   4   4   8 r 3  
 
External causes of injury and poisoning 100   106   137   126   115   149   164   99 r 165   154  
   Deaths due to accidents 79   88   71 r 89   71   88   77   38 r 41 r 51  
      Land Transport Accidents 50   64   50 r 61   53   61   51   26   28   36  
      Other 29   24   21   28   18   27   26   12 r 13 r 15  
   Deaths due to violence 5   3   41   17   22   50   77   52   114   98  
      Hostile action3 2   -   40   11   21   48   73   52   107   95  
      Other 3   3   1   6   1   2   4   -   7   3  
   Suicide and Open verdicts 16   15   25 r 20   22   11   10   9 r 10 r 5  
 
Cause not currently available 1   -   -   1   1   1   2   1 r 4   7  
 
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), 1992.
2. There have been 8 amendments to the classifications given to the cause of death from the previous publication of UKDS :
- 2003: One record has been amended from 'Suicide and Open Verdict' to 'Land Transport Accident'
- 2008: Two records have been amended from 'Other Accident' to 'Suicide and Open Verdict'; one record from 'Other Accident' to 'Cancer' and one record amended from 'Cause not currently available' to 'Diseases of the circulatory system'.
- 2009: Two records have been amended from 'Other Accident' to 'Suicide and Open Verdict' and one record from 'Other Disease' to 'Diseases of the circulatory system'.
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, 20101
1. Percentages may not add up due to rounding.