By the Numbers: 18 September 2023

By the Numbers: 18 September 2023

17,861,941

The number of "ambulatory visits for health care" by active component members in 2022, according to a report published in June 2023 by the Military Health System -- Ambulatory Visits Among Active Component Members, U.S. Armed Forces, 2022.

In 2022, four major diagnostic categories accounted for almost three-quarters (73.6%) of all illness- and injury-related ambulatory visits by active component service members (not including “Other” diagnoses): musculoskeletal system/connective tissue disorders (32.7%); mental health disorders (18.6%); disorders of the nervous system and sense organs (11.9%); and signs, symptoms, and ill-defined conditions (10.4%).