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Crude Injury Incidence (injuries/jumps = injuries/1,000 jumps) 121/4,490 = 27.0/1,000 35/3,674 = 9.5/1,000 119/6,708 = 17.7/1,000 596/102,784 = 5.8/1,000 76/30,755 = 2.5/1,000 1,018/174,220 = 5.8/1,000 a 365/70,000 b = 5.2/1,000 1,206/355,886 = 3.4/1,000 a Ft Bragg: 1018/174,220 = 5.8 /1,000 a Ft Cambelll:1,262/635,805 = 3.1/1,000 a Ft Benning 256/210,617 = 1.2/1,000 a 163/7,569 = 21.5/1,000 1,610/200,571 = 8.0/1,000 210/13,782 =

Jump Conditions (if specified) Only daytime, administrative, nontactical jumps 16% of jumps on landing strips; 42% night jumps; all jumps with combat loads SF-10A parachutes; some individuals experienced other not; all exits from tailgates T-10 and T-11 parachutes; all conditions including (but not limited to) winds <13 knots, combat loads and no loads, day and night jumps Early morning jump; combat loads; rough landing zone; Night jump

high winds 55 F 36–55 kg) zone zone

Collection of Injury Data Personnel records Drop zone with injuries reported by medics with follow-up at hospital / emergency room and patient medical records Questionnaire responses Drop zone injuries reported by medics and NCOs with follow up at clinic/hospital and patient medical records Drop zone injuries reported by medics and NCOs with follow up at clinic/hospital Unclear Unclear Injury statistics from 101st Airborne Division

Group, Location, Date (if available in article) 501st and 502rd Parachute Battalion, Parachute School, Ft Benning GA, August 1940– August 1941 Airborne School, Ft Benning, GA, 1993 Airborne School, Ft Benning, GA, June 2005–January 2006 Airborne School, Ft Benning, GA, April 2005–December 2006 Airborne School, Ft Benning, GA, March 2010–September 2010 82nd Airborne Division, Ft Bragg, NC, 1946–1949 82nd Airborne Division, Ft Bragg, NC

Injury Definition Injuries recorded by training battalion Any musculoskeletal or traumatic condition occurring between aircraft exit and march off drop zone that resulted in inability to clear the drop zone, or diagnosed in medical clinic or hospital emergency room Questionnaire item asking if student injured during jump week Physical damage to the body recorded on updated injury report occurring between aircraft exit and march off drop zon
TABLE 1 Studies Reporting on US Military Airborne Injuries

Study Tobin et al. 1941 11 Amoroso et al. 1998 12 Knapik et al. 2008 13 Knapik et al. 2008 14 Knapik et al. 2011 15 Neel 1951 16 McClatchie 1955 18 Roche 1960 17 Kiel 1965 4 duty Kragh et al. 1996 19 Craig and Morgan 1997 21 Schumacher et al. 2000 20 Craig and Lee 2000 22 Deaton and Roby 2010 24 status Knapik et al. 2014 23 Timboe 1988 25 Kragh and Taylor 1996 26 Craig et al. 1999 27 Starkey et al.

-Basic Airborne Training- Operational Units Single Jump Operation Combat Jumps a Includes deaths. c Mean ± standard deviation.

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