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Other Titles
 Mortality Patterns among Korean Vietnam Veterans 
Authors
 이상욱  ;  오희철 
Citation
 Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (대한직업환경의학회지), Vol.23(3) : 279-286, 2011 
Journal Title
Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine(대한직업환경의학회지)
ISSN
 1225-3618 
Issue Date
2011
Keywords
Mortality ; Cause of death ; Veterans ; Vietnam ; War ; Korean
Abstract
Objectives: A total of 320,000 Korean soldiers in three combat units and four supporting units participated in the Vietnam War. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between Vietnam experience and mortality by comparing mortalities in Korean Vietnam War veterans to the general population.
Methods: The deaths of 185,760 Vietnam veterans from January 1, 1992 to December 31, 2005 were confirmed by matching the veterans" information to death records from the National Statistical Office. Crude death rate, age adjusted rate and Standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) were calculated 95% confidence. Age was standardized to the total male population during 1992-2005 with the age of 36 to 83 years old.
Results: The age adjusted death rate per 100,000 was 868.1 among veterans and 1226.5 among the general population. Mortality of all causes was significantly lower among veterans (SMR=0.83, 95% CI:
0.82-0.84). Mortalities from neoplasms (SMR=0.87), circulatory diseases (SMR=0.79), and external causes of deaths (SMR=0.92) were significantly lower among veterans. Mortalities from several external causes of deaths including Intentional self-harm (X60-X84), assault and accidental poisoning, angina pectoris, chronic ischemic heart diseases, prostate cancer, and malignant neoplasms of hematopoietic system including multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin"s lymphoma, and leukemia were not different between veterans and the general population.
Conclusions: Mortality among Vietnam veterans was lower than that among the general population. It would be explained mainly by healthy veteran effect
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Preventive Medicine (예방의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Ohrr, Hee Choul(오희철)
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/94477
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