Helmkamp J C
Division of Safety Research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia.
J Occup Med. 1994 Jun;36(6):609-15.
The United States undertook an extensive mobilization of military forces in Southwest Asia after the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq in August 1990. With this massive buildup and the short duration of the Persian Gulf War, an epidemiological comparison of military casualties was of interest. Information extracted from the Worldwide Casualty System maintained by the Department of Defense was used to describe the casualties. Of the 219 (212 men and 7 women) US casualties, 154 were killed in battle and 65 died from nonbattle causes. Thirty-five of the battle deaths were a result of friendly fire. Eighty-three percent of all casualties were white and the mean age at death for all casualties was 26.9 years. The Army had the highest proportion of both battle (58%) and nonbattle (71%) casualties and the Marine Corps had the highest battle casualty rate (0.52 per 1000 personnel) and nonbattle casualty rate (0.31).
1990年8月伊拉克入侵科威特后，美国在西南亚进行了大规模军事力量动员。鉴于此次大规模军事集结以及海湾战争持续时间较短，对军事伤亡情况进行流行病学比较很有意义。从国防部维护的全球伤亡系统中提取的信息用于描述伤亡情况。在219名（212名男性和7名女性）美军伤亡人员中，154人阵亡，65人死于非战斗原因。其中35例战斗死亡是由友军火力造成的。所有伤亡人员中83%为白人，所有伤亡人员的平均死亡年龄为26.9岁。陆军在战斗伤亡（58%）和非战斗伤亡（71%）中所占比例最高，海军陆战队的战斗伤亡率（每1000人中有0.52人）和非战斗伤亡率（每1000人中有0.31人）最高。
