Table 4 Body locations 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. Expressed as raw number (% of all injuries for that service type)
From: Injuries in Australian Army full-time and part-time personnel undertaking basic training
ARA | ARES | IRR (ARA/ARES) [95% CI] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Location | MPI | SPI | MPI | SPI | |
Knee | 159 (12.9%) | 7 (0.6%) | 22 (14.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.97 [0.42–2.20] |
Ankle | 137 (11.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 12 (8.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1.46 [0.53–4.05] |
Lower Leg | 123 (10.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 17 (11.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.93 [0.36–2.40] |
Foot | 121 (9.8%) | 4 (0.3%) | 7 (4.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2.29 [0.66–7.88] |
Shoulder | 84 (6.8%) | 3 (0.2%) | 11 (7.3%) | 1 (0.7%) | 0.93 [0.3–2.89] |
Lower Back | 64 (5.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 10 (6.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.82 [0.23–2.97] |
Upper Leg | 37 (3.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 12 (8.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.40 [0.09–1.74] |
Hip | 36 (2.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (1.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2.31 [0.23–23.53] |
Abdominal Muscles | 34 (2.8%) | 2 (0.2%) | 2 (1.3%) | 1 (0.7%) | 1.54 [0.20–11.75] |
Lower Limb – Multiple | 32 (2.6%) | 1 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | – |
Back – unspecified | 27 (2.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (3.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.69 [1.10–4.70] |
Lower Limb – unspecified | 27 (2.2%) | 2 (0.2%) | 6 (4.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.62 [0.10–3.78] |
Wrist | 26 (2.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (2.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1.11 [0.13–9.85] |
Fingers | 25 (2.0%) | 1 (0.1%) | 4 (2.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.83 [0.11–6.37] |
Circulatory System | 21 (1.7%) | 2 (0.2%) | 3 (2.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.98 [0.10–9.32] |
Collated Others* | 239 (19.4%) | 21 1.7%) | 31 (20.7%) | 1 (0.7%) | 1.04 [0.54–2.02] |
Total | 1192 (96.5%) | 43 (3.5%) | 147 (98.0%) | 3 (2.0%) | |