Table 2.
Latent Class Analysis, Probabilities for Identified Risk Factors, 2008–2017 DoDSER System.
| Total population (N = 2290) | Class 1, 55.5% (N = 1272) | Class 2, 7.7% (N = 177) | Class 3, 19.0% (N = 434) | Class 4, 9.3% (N = 213) | Class 5, 8.5% (N = 194) | |
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| Predominant risk factors | Relationships | Relationships Job/Admin/Legal | Relationships Mental health | Relationships Mental health PTSD Combat | Relationships Job/Admin/Legal Mental health PTSD Combat Health | |
| Substance abuse | Substance abuse Self-injury | |||||
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| Distribution of demographic and military statuses | ||||||
| Age (mean) | 27.8 | 27.3 | 27.8 | 27.3 | 30.9 | 29.4 |
| Female | 6.0% | 3.8% | 4.5% | 9.9% | 6.6% | 12.9% |
| Male | 94.0% | 96.2% | 95.5% | 90.9% | 93.4% | 87.1% |
| Non-Hispanic White | 70.6% | 68.9% | 64.1% | 72.2% | 70.3% | 75.1% |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 12.9% | 13.5% | 17.3% | 11.3% | 13.9% | 7.8% |
| Hispanic | 7.9% | 7.7% | 8.1% | 8.5% | 7.7% | 8.3% |
| Non-Hispanic Other | 8.5% | 8.9% | 7.5% | 8.0% | 8.1% | 8.8% |
| Air Force | 15.6% | 19.0% | 14.1% | 20.5% | 18.8% | 15.0% |
| Army | 47.4% | 40.6% | 54.2% | 53.5% | 58.2% | 62.9% |
| Marines | 15.6% | 18.3% | 15.8% | 12.7% | 8.9% | 11.3% |
| Navy | 18.4% | 22.1% | 15.8% | 14.3% | 14.1% | 10.8% |
| Enlisted | 90.8% | 89.9% | 93.2% | 91.7% | 92.4% | 90.2% |
| Officer | 9.3% | 10.1% | 6.8% | 8.4% | 7.6% | 9.8% |
| Never deployed | 39.3% | 41.0% | 42.9% | 44.9% | 25.4% | 27.8% |
| Ever deployed | 60.7% | 59.0% | 57.1% | 55.1% | 74.7% | 72.2% |
| Average number of risk factors | 4.67 | 2.29 | 6.93 | 6.34 | 6.35 | 12.58 |
| Relationship risk factors | ||||||
| Relationship dissolution past year | 0.59 | 0.57a | 0.62 | 0.59 | 0.60 | 0.69b |
| Death/health of family/friend past year | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.15b |
| Perpetrator of abuse past year | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.23b | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.19 |
| Victim of abuse past year | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.09b |
| Suicide of loved one history | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.17b |
| Job/Administrative/Legal risk factors | ||||||
| Job problem past year | 0.28 | 0.18 | 0.83a,b | 0.24 | 0.21 | 0.49 |
| Poor performance review past year | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.62b | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.27 |
| Administrative problem past year | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.44b | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.19 |
| Under investigation past year | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.24b | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.13 |
| Non-promotion past year | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.24b | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.12 |
| AWOL past year | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.19b | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.11 |
| Excessive debt past year | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.21b | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.19 |
| Civilian legal problems past year | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.25 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.28b |
| General health risk factors | ||||||
| Medical board past year | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.44b |
| Health problem past year | 0.21 | 0.14 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.34 | 0.46b |
| Mental health risk factors | ||||||
| Mental health outpatient past year | 0.43 | 0.13 | 0.55 | 0.88a | 0.66 | 0.97a,b |
| Mental health inpatient past year | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.04 | 0.45 b |
| RX antidepressants past year | 0.20 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.46 | 0.35 | 0.83b |
| RX sleep medications past year | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.40b |
| RX anxiety past year | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.21 | 0.57b |
| Other MH RX past year | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.36b |
| Anxiety disorder history | 0.21 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 1.00a,b | 0.86 |
| Depression, bipolar, or mood disorder history | 0.25 | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.56 | 0.45 | 0.73b |
| Adjustment disorder history | 0.23 | 0.07 | 0.28 | 0.53b | 0.31 | 0.44 |
| Personality disorder history | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.25b |
| Psychotic disorder history | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.06b |
| PTSD history | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.47b | 0.46 |
| Other risk factors | ||||||
| Substance abuse history | 0.27 | 0.16 | 0.49 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.59b |
| Opioid usage past year | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.05b |
| Sleep problems history | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.17 | 0.27 | 0.34b |
| Self-injury history | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.24 | 0.08 | 0.5lb |
| Combat history | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.32 | 0.37b |
| TBI history | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.14b |
Abbreviations: AWOL—Absent Without Official Leave; RX—Prescription; PTSD—Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; TBI—Traumatic Brain injury. Percentages for demographic characteristics may be greater than 100% due to rounding.
a
Most common indicator in class.
b
Highest probability for the indicator across all classes.