Table 1.
Demographic and military characteristics of the study subset (weighted N=5337; sample n=508) and their unadjusted association with medically related attrition
| Medical release |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Unweighted Sample number |
Weighted (%) | Per cent | 95% CI | Unadjusted HR | 95% CI |
| Occupation categorisation* | ||||||
| FS | 12 | 2.7 | 54.8 | 24.4 to 85.3 | 5.36a | 2.21 to 12.98 |
| HS | 28 | 4.8 | 12.6 | 0.9 to 24.3 | 0.76 | 0.26 to 2.26 |
| IM | 31 | 4.8 | 18.2 | 5.0 to 31.5 | 0.79 | 0.32 to 2.00 |
| ISR | 22 | 3.5 | 21.3 | 4.2 to 38.5 | 1.29 | 0.57 to 2.92 |
| OPS Support | 96 | 15.4 | 29.9 | 19.0 to 40.8 | 1.75c | 0.98 to 3.12 |
| OPS Tech | 58 | 16.0 | 21.2 | 9.3 to 33.1 | 0.81 | 0.36 to 1.80 |
| Specialist | 34 | 6.8 | 15.7 | 2.7 to 28.6 | 0.86 | 0.34 to 2.18 |
| OPS | 227 | 46.0 | 18.6 | 12.7 to 24.5 | Reference | Reference |
| Occupation categorisation (aggregated)* | ||||||
| FS | 12 | 2.7 | 54.8 | 24.4 to 85.3 | 5.75a | 2.46 to 13.46 |
| OPS Support | 96 | 15.4 | 29.9 | 19.0 to 40.8 | 1.88b | 1.11 to 3.20 |
| Other | 400 | 81.9 | 18.6 | 14.2 to 23.0 | Reference | Reference |
| Component | ||||||
| Reserve Forces | 23 | 6.7 | 12.7 | 0 to 28.7 | 0.68 | 0.16 to 2.81 |
| Regular Forces | 485 | 93.3 | 21.9 | 17.6 to 26.2 | Reference | Reference |
| Element* | ||||||
| Air Force | 66 | 12.9 | 26.9 | 13.9 to 39.9 | 2.21c | 0.94 to 5.22 |
| Navy | 65 | 21.0 | 17.4 | 7.3 to 27.5 | Reference | Reference |
| Army | 377 | 66.1 | 21.5 | 16.8 to 26.2 | 1.84c | 0.95 to 3.57 |
| Rank* | ||||||
| Officer | 48 | 10.4 | 4.9 | 0 to 9.8 | Reference | Reference |
| SNCM | 130 | 24.8 | 25.4 | 16.3 to 34.5 | 6.10a | 1.92 to 19.33 |
| JNCM | 330 | 64.7 | 22.4 | 17.2 to 27.6 | 4.63a | 1.51 to 14.17 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 62 | 9.8 | 25.2 | 14.5 to 36.0 | 1.25 | 0.74 to 2.11 |
| Male | 446 | 90.2 | 20.9 | 16.4 to 25.4 | Reference | Reference |
| Age* | ||||||
| ≤29 | 140 | 27.9 | 11.2 | 5.5 to 16.8 | Reference | Reference |
| 30–39 | 234 | 44.5 | 24.7 | 18.3 to 31.1 | 1.85c | 0.98 to 3.47 |
| ≥40 | 134 | 27.6 | 26.1 | 17.4 to 34.8 | 2.38b | 1.20 to 4.72 |
| Years of service* | ||||||
| ≤9 | 214 | 43.1 | 16.3 | 10.7 to 22.0 | Reference | Reference |
| 10–19 | 194 | 35.5 | 24.6 | 17.5 to 31.6 | 1.42 | 0.86 to 2.35 |
| ≥20 | 100 | 21.4 | 26.0 | 16.0 to 35.9 | 1.84b | 1.01 to 3.37 |
| Marital status (MI)† | ||||||
| Married | 350 | 68.7 | 23.1 | 17.8 to 28.3 | Reference | Reference |
| Single—never married | 100 | 20.0 | 14.5 | 7.5 to 21.4 | 0.58c | 0.32 to 1.06 |
| Divorced/widowed/separated | 49 | 9.7 | 17.5 | 5.9 to 29.1 | ||
| Unspecified | 9 | 1.6 | 55.3 | 18.7 to 92.0 | 0.70 | 0.33 to 1.49 |
| Live-in dependents (MI)*,† | ||||||
| Yes | 232 | 42.8 | 27.3 | 20.4 to 34.2 | 1.61b | 1.03 to 2.53 |
| No | 246 | 50.8 | 16.5 | 11.4 to 21.6 | Reference | Reference |
| Unspecified | 30 | 6.4 | 19.5 | 3.5 to 35.5 | ||
Otherwise, p>0.15.
*The Wald test p value was less than 0.15 for variables: occupation categorisation, element, rank, age, years of service and live-in dependents (MI).
†MI was used to compute the unadjusted HR for variables: marital status (MI) and live-in dependents (MI).
ap≤0.01.
bp≤0.05.
cp≤0.1.
dp≤0.15.
FS, facility support; HS, health services; IM, information management; ISR, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; JNCM, junior non-commissioned member; MI, multiple imputation used; OPS Support, operations support; OPS Tech, operations technicians; OPS, operations; SNCM, senior non-commissioned member.