Table 3.
Bivariate Predictors of Accident Deaths Among Regular Army Soldiers, 2004–2009
Predictor | Regular Army, % | Accident Deaths per 100 000 Person-Years | Accident Deaths per 100 000 Person-Years by Deployment Category | |||||
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Never | No. | Current | No. | Previous | No. | |||
Total | … | 43.2 | 37.9 | 468 | 47.0 | 328 | 46.5 | 535 |
Sex | ||||||||
Women | 14.0 | 15.0a | 18.5a | 44 | 11.7a | 8 | 10.3a | 13 |
Men | 86.0 | 47.8 | 42.6 | 424 | 50.8 | 320 | 41.1 | 422b |
Age, y | ||||||||
17–20 | 12.5 | 58.4a | 48.5a | 139 | 75.9a | 52 | 112.5a | 34c |
21–24 | 26.6 | 60.2 | 54.9 | 184 | 52.6 | 116 | 73.5 | 194d |
25–29 | 22.9 | 43.7 | 33.2 | 72 | 50.8 | 91 | 47.0 | 146d |
30–44 | 34.5 | 25.8 | 17.5 | 61 | 31.6 | 68 | 29.2 | 146d |
≥45 | 3.5 | 26.2 | 26.2 | 12 | 6.8 | 1 | 32.5 | 15 |
Marital status | ||||||||
Married | 57.1 | 34.3a | 26.9a | 157 | 38.9a | 156 | 37.5a | 291c |
Unmarried with dependents | 7.1 | 43.5 | 30.2 | 27 | 50.1 | 21 | 54.1 | 47b |
Unmarried without dependents | 35.8 | 57.2 | 50.6 | 284 | 59.0 | 151 | 68.4 | 197d |
Race/Ethnicity (Not Mutually Exclusive) | ||||||||
White | ||||||||
No | 30.1 | 33.2a | 30.4e | 109 | 31.9a | 64 | 36.7a | 135 |
Yes | 69.9 | 47.5 | 41.0 | 359 | 53.0 | 264 | 51.1 | 400c |
Black | ||||||||
No | 78.3 | 45.1e | 39.8f | 386 | 50.7e | 282 | 47.3 | 420d |
Yes | 21.7 | 36.3 | 31.2 | 82 | 32.2 | 46 | 43.5 | 115b |
Native American | ||||||||
No | 99.0 | 43.0 | 37.8 | 461 | 46.7 | 323 | 46.3 | 528d |
Yes | 1.0 | 62.0 | 54.7 | 7 | 73.2 | 5 | 63.6 | 7 |
Asian/Pacific | ||||||||
No | 95.6 | 43.9e | 38.5 | 453 | 47.7 | 319 | 47.4f | 523c |
Yes | 4.4 | 26.7 | 26.2 | 15 | 30.3 | 9 | 25.1 | 12 |
Hispanic | ||||||||
No | 89.4 | 43.7 | 38.6 | 427 | 46.2 | 286 | 47.7 | 492d |
Yes | 10.6 | 38.7 | 32.4 | 41 | 52.6 | 42 | 36.0 | 43 |
Religion | ||||||||
Christian | ||||||||
Catholic | 20.2 | 38.8e | 30.7 | 73 | 53.8 | 76 | 37.9e | 93d |
Baptist | 18.2 | 42.4 | 40.5 | 85 | 40.6 | 49 | 45.1 | 104 |
Other Protestant | 16.8 | 40.2 | 34.4 | 71 | 47.1 | 54 | 42.2 | 83 |
Other Christian | 17.7 | 47.2 | 43.0 | 103 | 43.8 | 56 | 55.1 | 99 |
Other religion | 1.9 | 16.7 | 19.1 | 5 | 15.7 | 2 | 14.4 | 3 |
No religion | 20.6 | 47.7 | 44.0 | 110 | 46.4 | 69 | 52.6 | 124 |
Religion unknown | 4.5 | 51.5 | 32.5 | 21 | 67.1 | 22 | 68.3 | 29b |
Education | ||||||||
<High school | 1.7 | 62.5a | 26.4a | 7 | 105.3a | 12 | 94.2 | 14d |
High school diploma or GED | 65.5 | 47.5 | 42.3 | 325 | 51.2 | 248 | 50.3 | 386b |
Some college | 5.2 | 34.9 | 29.0 | 18 | 32.9 | 10 | 41.1 | 28 |
College graduate, masters, or PhD | 19.1 | 18.8 | 14.0 | 35 | 29.4 | 32 | 19.1 | 44d |
Alternative educational certificate | 8.4 | 66.4 | 65.8 | 83 | 40.9 | 26 | 90.8 | 63d |
AFQT Category | ||||||||
I | 4.3 | 34.3 | 31.3 | 20 | 25.6 | 7 | 45.3 | 18d |
II | 27.2 | 45.7 | 37.5 | 134 | 52.6 | 100 | 51.3 | 150b |
IIIA | 22.4 | 48.4 | 44.9 | 122 | 40.0 | 65 | 57.3 | 148b |
IIIB | 26.1 | 48.3 | 44.1 | 136 | 53.5 | 104 | 49.4 | 149 |
IV/V | 2.8 | 37.1 | 49.2 | 16 | 28.6 | 6 | 30.5 | 10 |
Missing | 0.8 | 67.0 | 71.1 | 6 | 34.7 | 2 | 82.8 | 8 |
Officer (no AFQT) | 16.4 | 25.7 | 17.8 | 34 | 45.1 | 44 | 24.0 | 52c |
Army Experiences | ||||||||
Accession waiver | ||||||||
No | 57.6 | 53.5a | 47.0a | 350 | 52.8e | 233 | 62.1a | 367c |
Yes | 5.3 | 49.1 | 43.9 | 39 | 46.9 | 17 | 63.5 | 24 |
Missing waiver data | 37.1 | 26.3 | 19.7 | 79 | 35.3 | 78 | 27.5 | 144c |
Current rank | ||||||||
E1–E2 | 10.4 | 71.7a | 65.3a | 186 | 74.3a | 17 | 225.4a | 26c |
E3 | 11.9 | 55.2 | 46.3 | 111 | 64.6 | 60 | 91.3 | 32c |
E4 | 23.2 | 53.3 | 33.9 | 73 | 49.9 | 107 | 70.7 | 201c |
E5–E9 | 38.2 | 33.0 | 21.2 | 64 | 37.0 | 100 | 37.1 | 224c |
Warrant officer | 2.6 | 72.1 | 53.1 | 11 | 130.9 | 23 | 57.0 | 24d |
Commissioned officer | 13.8 | 16.9 | 13.5 | 23 | 26.3 | 21 | 16.0 | 28 |
History of demotions in past 2 y | ||||||||
No | 95.3 | 40.5a | 36.0a | 425 | 44.3a | 292 | 42.9a | 472d |
Yes | 4.7 | 98.1 | 78.9 | 43 | 91.1 | 36 | 124.3 | 63 |
Stop loss orders | ||||||||
Never | 89.5 | 42.6e | 37.8 | 455 | 47.5 | 270 | 45.6e | 451d |
Currently | 4.2 | 62.0 | 54.5 | 10 | 51.1 | 36 | 84.2 | 34 |
Previously | 6.3 | 38.6 | 22.8 | 3 | 37.1 | 22 | 41.0 | 50 |
Length of Army service, y | ||||||||
≤1 | 6.7 | 21.4a | 21.5a | 44 | 0.0f | 0 | NA | 0 |
2 | 6.4 | 61.3 | 61.5 | 110 | 56.7 | 10 | 100.0 | 1 |
3 | 12.0 | 61.4 | 59.9 | 135 | 56.3 | 63 | 88.2 | 30 |
4 | 11.1 | 63.0 | 53.5 | 60 | 53.3 | 60 | 81.4 | 96d |
5 | 16.1 | 50.4 | 30.8 | 33 | 52.8 | 77 | 57.6 | 141d |
6–10 | 19.9 | 42.3 | 25.4 | 33 | 47.8 | 72 | 46.4 | 154d |
11–19 | 22.1 | 25.7 | 21.0 | 43 | 30.5 | 41 | 26.6 | 91d |
≥20 | 5.7 | 21.2 | 14.3 | 10 | 20.0 | 5 | 27.7 | 22 |
Deployment category | ||||||||
Never | 40.0 | 37.9e | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Currently | 22.6 | 47.0 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Previously | 37.3 | 46.5 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
No.g | NA | 1331 | NA | NA | 328 | 535 | NA |
Abbreviations: AFQT, Armed Forces Qualification Test; NA, not applicable; GED, general equivalency diploma.
Accident death rate differs significantly by deployment category for given value of characteristic (P ≤ .001, χ2 test).
Significant difference in the association between the characteristic and accident death rate across the 3 deployment categories at the .05 level (2-sided test).
Significant difference in the association between the characteristic and accident death rate across the 3 deployment categories at the .001 level (2-sided test).
Significant difference in the association between the characteristic and accident death rate across the 3 deployment categories at the .01 level (2-sided test).
Accident death rate differs significantly by deployment category for given value of characteristic (P ≤ .01, χ2 test).
Accident death rate differs significantly by deployment category for given value of characteristic (P ≤ .05, χ2 test).
The reported numbers are the numbers of accident deaths among Regular Army soldiers, 2004–2009.