title: Mortality among active-duty male French Armed Forces, 2006-10.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In the Armed Forces, knowledge about the causes of deaths is required in order to develop prevention strategies. This study presents the main characteristics of causes of deaths among male active-duty personnel in the French Armed Forces during the 2006-10 period and compares them with the general French male population.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data are provided by military public health surveillance. Comparisons of the specific mortality rates (MR) were performed using a Poisson regression. Standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) were calculated to compare mortality with the general French male population.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 1455 deaths among male active-duty personnel during the study period [MR: 100.9 per 100,000 person-years (PY); 95% confidence interval 95.7-106.1]. The 17-24 age group was characterized by violent deaths: transport accident (MR: 45.9 per 100,000 PY) and suicide (18.8 per 100 000 PY). Overall SMRs show significantly lower MR compared with the French national MR with the exception of SMR for transport accident and suicide in the 17-24 age group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a significantly lower deficit of mortality compared with the French male general population, reflecting a strong healthy worker effect. However, health promotion programmes should continue to put emphasis on transport accident especially among the 17-24 age group.
authors.affiliation: Centre d'épidémiologie et de santé publique des armées, Ilôt Bégin, 94163 Saint Mandé Cedex, France. rachel.cheymol@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haus-Cheymol
authors.forename: Marie
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authors.lastname: Boussaud
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authors.lastname: Jougla
authors.forename: Catherine
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authors.lastname: Verret
authors.forename: Christophe
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authors.lastname: Nivoix
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authors.lastname: Duron
authors.forename: Aurélie
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authors.lastname: Mayet
authors.forename: Aïssata
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authors.lastname: Dia
authors.forename: Jean Baptiste
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authors.lastname: Meynard
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authors.lastname: Deparis
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authors.lastname: Migliani
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mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000401:mortality* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002423:Cause of Death; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D011634:Public Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult