Table 2.

Estimated Percentage With Career-Limiting Medical Conditions, by Mental Disorder Diagnosis Category, Demographic and Military Characteristics in the Study Cohort of CAF Personnel Who Deployed in Support of the Afghanistan Mission During 2001 to 2008.

Characteristic		Career-Limiting Medical Conditions
		Sample No.	Weighted %	95% CI
Mental disorder diagnosis
	ARMD	211	47.7	42.3 to 53.1
	Othera	53	33.3	24.1 to 42.6
	None identified	220	12.7	10.6 to 14.8
	Total	484	18.6	16.6 to 20.5
Sex
	Male	409	17.7	15.7 to 19.7
	Female	75	26.7	19.9 to 33.5
Age
	<30	135	12.8	10.4 to 15.3
	30–39	217	20.6	17.3 to 23.8
	≥40	132	24.4	19.6 to 29.2
Component
	Regular Forces	468	19.4	17.4 to 21.5
	Reserve Forces	16	9.4	4.5 to 14.4
Service
	Army	355	18.4	16.4 to 20.5
	Navy	56	20.8	14.6 to 27.0
	Air Force	73	17.1	12.2 to 21.9
Rank
	Officer	43	12.4	7.6 to 17.3
	Senior NCM	99	21.0	16.6 to 25.3
	Junior NCM	342	19.4	16.9 to 21.8
Deployment location
	Kandahar Province	169	15.2	12.8 to 17.5
	Kabul or Elsewhere in Afghanistan	109	27.2	22.2 to 32.2
	UAE or Elsewhere in Middle East	19	15.5	8.0 to 23.0
	Arabian Gulf	35	20.3	13.5 to 27.0
	Multiple	106	19.4	15.9 to 22.9
	Unspecified	46	25.6	18.8 to 32.4
Number of Afghanistan deployments
	1	369	19.0	16.8 to 21.3
	2	97	17.9	14.1 to 21.7
	≥3	18	12.3	6.3 to 18.3
Duration of first Afghanistan deployment
	<180 days	308	20.8	18.0 to 23.7
	≥180 days	176	15.6	13.1 to 18.1
Total duration of Afghanistan deployments
	<180 days	239	21.9	18.5 to 25.4
	≥180 days	245	15.8	13.6 to 17.9

Abbreviations: ARMD, Afghanistan service-related mental disorders; CAF, Canadian Armed Forces; CI, confidence interval; NCM, noncommissioned members; UAE, United Arab Emirates.

^a The “other” mental disorder diagnosis grouping includes individuals with mental disorder diagnoses related to CAF operations other than the mission in Afghanistan and individuals who had non–deployment-related mental disorder diagnoses.