Table 3-1-Demographic Characteristics of Gulf War Participants Enrolled in DOD's CCEP and VA's Registry

                  Total Gulf                                      
War               CCEP            Registry      
Characteristic    participants    participants     participants    
(N=697,000)       (N=18,075)      (N=52,216)     

Gender                                                          

     Male            93%             88%              90%       

     Female           7              12               10         

Race                                                            

     White           70              57               64         

     Black           23              32               23         

     Hispanic         5              6                10         

Other/unknown         2              5                 3        


Branch                                                          

     Air Force       12              10                7        

     Army            50              81               72         

     Marines         15               4               12         

     Navy            23               4                8        

Other/unknown        NA               1                1        


Status (in 1991)                                                     


     Active duty     83.3             83               54                                 

     Reserve         10.4             13a              20         

  National Guard      6.3             NA               19         

Age (years)                                                     

 Mean (in 1990)      26 years         30 years         29 years      


 Other/unknown       NA                4b               6        

NA = Not available

a Reserve and National Guard are combined.

b Includes eligible civilians who went to the Gulf War.

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Defense, Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program for Persian Gulf War Veterans: CCEP Report on 18,598 Participants (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Defense, 1996); and H.K. Kang, N.A. Dalager, and K.Y. Lee, "Health Surveillance of Persian Gulf War Veterans-A Review of the DVA Persian Gulf Registry Data," unpublished report, Department of Veterans Affairs, March 1996.