By the Numbers: 25 March 2019
1.7%
The percentage of 2,190 "active component service members...evacuated from theater for psychiatric reasons" between between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2014 "who had diagnosed pre-deployment family problems (N=38)," according to an article in last October's Military Surveillance Monthly Report -- Psychiatric Medical Evacuations in Individuals with Diagnosed Pre-Deployment Family Problems, Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2002–2014.
The article reported:
Incidence of psychiatric medical evacuation was consistently higher among those with pre-deployment family problems among all demographic subgroups, and overall was 2.7 times the incidence among those without documented family problems.
Compared to their respective counterparts, rates of pre-deployment family problems were highest among females, non-Hispanic black Service members, those who were married, enlisted Service members, and Army members.
1.7%
The percentage of 2,190 "active component service members...evacuated from theater for psychiatric reasons" between between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2014 "who had diagnosed pre-deployment family problems (N=38)," according to an article in last October's Military Surveillance Monthly Report -- Psychiatric Medical Evacuations in Individuals with Diagnosed Pre-Deployment Family Problems, Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2002–2014.
The article reported:
Incidence of psychiatric medical evacuation was consistently higher among those with pre-deployment family problems among all demographic subgroups, and overall was 2.7 times the incidence among those without documented family problems.
Compared to their respective counterparts, rates of pre-deployment family problems were highest among females, non-Hispanic black Service members, those who were married, enlisted Service members, and Army members.