Correlation between Cause and Time of Death with Types of Casualty in Veterans

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Introduction. Despite rarity of health profile of veterans with different types of casualties has been reported to be different, there is lack of data in this field. The aim of this study was to assess the correlation between types of injury and cause and time of mortality in Iranian veterans. Material and Method. This study was a retrospective study. 1709 deceased charts were reviewed from all deceased veterans between 1980 and 2002 whose data was registered in Veterans Affair. Types of injury were psychiatric, physical and chemical in 486, 1167 and 371 subjects respectively. Results. The most frequent cause of death was disease and then unintentional injury, respectively, in all 3 groups. The most frequent kind of disease (as a cause of death) was cardiovascular disease in both psychiatric and chemical exposed veterans, and pulmonary diseases within traumatic injuries group. Death after chemical injury was seen to be sooner than others, and later in traumatic and psychiatric injuries (p < 0.05). discussion. This study showed that however main causes of mortality in veterans with different types of injury is the same, the kind of disease and time of death are different between these groups. This reminds the need for specific intervention planning for any of veteran subgroups. Such a health planning can be done by developing various teams consisted of expert panels.

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Journal of Military Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 3 - Serial Number 21
September and October 2005
Pages 211-217

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