Pooled analysis of all-cause and cause-specific mortality among Nordic military veterans following international deployment.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate all-cause and cause-specific mortality risks, including deaths from external, cardiovascular and cancer causes, among deployed Nordic military veterans in comparison to the general population in each country.

Design

Pooled analysis.

Setting

Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden.

Participants

Military veterans deployed between 1990 and 2010 were followed via nationwide registers and compared with age-sex-calendar-year-specific rates in the general population using pooled standardised mortality ratios (SMRs).

Main outcomes

All-cause and cause-specific mortality retrieved from each country's Causes of Death Register, including deaths from external, cardiovascular and cancer causes.

Results

Among 83 584 veterans 1152 deaths occ

SUBMITTER: Pethrus CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9006836 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature