Table 4.

Relationship between Traumatic War Exposure and Mortality

Predictor Variablesb
Age at Enlistment	Relative Hazarda	95% Confidence Interval
Age 9–17 years	1.52***	1.44, 1.60
Age 18–20 years	1.31***	1.26, 1.37
Age 21–25 years	1.29***	1.23, 1.35
Age 26–30 years	1.20***	1.44, 1.26
Age ≥ 31 years	-----
POW (1=yes; 0=no)	1.07*	1.01, 1.12
Ever wounded (1=yes; 0=no)	1.03†	0.99, 1.07
% Company killed
1st quartile	-----
2nd quartile	1.02	0.97, 1.07
3rd quartile	1.02	0.97, 1.07
4th quartile	1.02	0.97, 1.06

-- reference group (n=15,027)

^†p<.08;

^*p<.05;

^**p<.01;

^***p<.005

^aHazard Ratios.

^bEffect sizes for predictor variables are adjusted for effects of listed predictors, SES, age at death, and year of enlistment.