SUMMARY OF OUTPATIENT MORBIDITY SURVEILLANCE

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Subject: SUMMARY OF OUTPATIENT MORBIDITY SURVEILLANCE                    

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Folder Title: OPERATION DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM MEDICAL DATA                                               

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                 positions. This may, at least partially, explain the drop in
                 disease rates in January.

                 7. The specific disease category patterns are as follows:

                      a. Total Outpatient visits: there was a steady increase in
                 disease rates over time through December and then there was a
                 major drop in January. Rates picked Lip again in February.

                      h. Orthopedic problems: there was a steady increase in
                 disease rates over time through December and then there was a
                 major drop in January. Rates picked up again in February.

                      c. Trauma: there was a steady increase in disease rates
                 over time through December and then there was a major drop in
                 January. Rates picked up again in February.

                      d. Diarrheal illness: there was a large increase in rates
                 October as compared to September which then evened off for
                 November and December before dropping off in January.

                      e. Respiratory diseases: there was a steady increase in
                 respiratory disease rates with their apex in late December. In
                 November, the respiratory disease rate was approximately equal to
                 the diarrheal disease rate; whereas, by late December,
                 respiratory disease rates were more than twice those of diarrheal
                 diseases. There was a major drop In rates In January.

                      f. Skin disease: rates showed a major increase in November
                 as compared to October which then held steady in December and
                 dropped in January.

                      g. Psychiatric conditions: rates showed a major increase
                 in November as compared to October; the rates then held steady in
                 December and dropped in January.

were relatively stable throughout
                 September and October and then dropped. The rates were, even at
                 their highest, very low. Heat injury rates were lower than the
                 rates for STDS.


                      I. Cold injuries: rates were consistently low but had an
                 increase in January. This is just what one would expect from the
                 change in weather in January,

                      j. Eye disease/injuries: there was a steady increase in
                 disease rates over time through December with a major drop in
                 rates in January.

                      k. Ob/ayn: there was a steady increase in disease rates
                 over time through December with a major drop in rates in January.

                      1. STD: rates were constant in October and November
                 followed by a surge in December and a drop in January.

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Subject = SUMMARY OF OUTPATIENT MORBIDITY SURVEILLANCE
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 04-NOV-1996