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Table 2 Summary of injuries reported by ARA and ARES recruits to have occurred during basic training in the Australian Army, in the period 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2014 (n, IR calculated as injuries per 100 recruits, [IR calculated as injuries per 100 FTE years of training])

From: Injuries in Australian Army full-time and part-time personnel undertaking basic training

Incident Type

ARA

ARES

Combined

ARA:ARES

n

IR

n

IR

n

IR

IRR [95%CI]

Minor Personal Injury

1192

26.77 [77.7]

147

9.02 [74.6]

1339

11.01 [77.3]

1.04 [0.79–1.38]

Serious Personal Injury

43

0.97 [2.8]

3

0.18 [1.5]

46

0.38 [2.7]

1.87 [0.26–13.5]

Total

1235

 

150

 

1385

  
  1. ARA Australian Regular Army, ARES Army Reserve
  2. IR injury rate, IRR injury rate ratio