American journal of preventive medicine
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Comparative Study
Case-control study of discharge from the U.S. Army for disabling occupational knee injury: the role of gender, race/ethnicity, and age.
Occupational injuries are responsible for more lost time from work, productivity, and working years of life than any other health condition in either civilian or noncombat military sectors. Injuries, not illnesses, are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among U.S. Army personnel. We examined the separate and joint roles of gender, race/ethnicity, and age in the odds of discharge from the Army for disabling knee injury. ⋯ Age, race/ethnicity, and gender interactions are important in occupational injury. Differences in risk may be related to differences in work assignments, leisure activities, physical or physiological differences, or the ways in which disability compensation is granted.