Abstract

Proportionate Mortality Among US Army Vietnam Veterans who Served in Military Region I

Bullman T A~~Kang H K~~Watanabe K K

Year: 1990 Source: American Journal of Epidemiology, v.132, no.4, (October 1990), p.670-674 SIEC No: 19910928

A proportionate mortality study was conducted to determine if the post-service mortality experience of 6,668 Army Vietnam veterans who served in Military Region I (I Corps) was different from that of 27,917 Army non-Vietnam veterans. Statistically significant excesses of deaths were observed for motor vehicle accidents & accidental poisonings. Suicides & deaths due to any other major disease categories including malignant neoplasms were no more frequent among the I Corps than their counterparts.