{"id":139654,"date":"2023-04-07T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=139654"},"modified":"2023-04-05T16:08:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T20:08:43","slug":"military-times-says-most-injured-enlistees-from-the-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=139654","title":{"rendered":"Military Times says most injured enlistees from the South"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Military Times is worried that injured enlistees are costing the Army millions of dollars in Basic Training injuries – fair enough.<\/p>\n

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Results were taken from rosters of Army recruits entering basic training during fiscal year 2017. Of a total of 99,335 trainees, just under 35% \u2014 33,509 \u2014 sustained at least one musculoskeletal injury.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, medical costs associated with treating musculoskeletal injuries among Army trainees totaled more than $14.8 million.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Now, if you divide that out, however, that works out to less than $450 per injured trainee. Not good, but we pissed that much away in time waiting for the cattle cars to get us out to the range and back.\u00a0\u00a0 But, as Mr. Popeil said, “Wait – there’s more!”<\/p>\n

Musculoskeletal injuries among the sample pool were especially pronounced among women. Of the 19,262 female trainees in the pool, approximately 62% suffered from at least one such injury. That alarming number was in stark contrast to the 32% of male trainees reporting musculoskeletal complications.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

62% ? But, I thought women were the equals or betters of men in all things?\u00a0 Going on – apparently the South ain’t gonna do it again because most of these sorry injured come from the South:<\/p>\n

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The study broke down injury prevalence further according to the home states of recruits. Of the 10 worst performing states, eight were in the South. New York and Rhode Island joined Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and North Carolina as states with the highest percentage of injuries reported.<\/p>\n

As a result, the South represented the costliest region in the U.S., totaling nearly $7.2 million in medical expenses to treat trainees \u2014 or, approximately 50% of the total cost nationwide.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Military Times<\/a><\/p>\n

But just for fun, let’s looks at which states send the most kids into the service:<\/p>\n

1. Georgia \u2014 0.921 average military enlistees per 1,000 adult civilians
\n2. South Carolina \u2014 0.847 average military enlistees per 1,000 adult civilians
\n3. Idaho \u2014 0.832 average military enlistees per 1,000 adult civilians
\n4. Alaska \u2014 0.829 average military enlistees per 1,000 adult civilians
\n5. Texas \u2014 0.819 average military enlistees per 1,000 adult civilians
\n6. Arizona \u2014 0.788 average military enlistees per 1,000 adult civilians
\n7. Virginia \u2014 0.786 average military enlistees per 1,000 adult civilians
\n8. Alabama \u2014 0.781 average military enlistees per 1,000 adult civilians
\n9. North Carolina \u2014 0.770 average military enlistees per 1,000 adult civilians
\n10. Florida \u2014 0.770 average military enlistees per 1,000 adult civilians<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Greater Good<\/a><\/p>\n

And you may note that at least two of these states (Alaska and Idaho) are low population hence statistical outliers, right? To me, this says more kids getting injured are from the South likely because more enlistees come FROM the South.<\/p>\n

As Mr. Twain famously supposedly said (he actually attributed it to Disraeli) there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. And I’m not going to touch that 62% number.<\/p>\n

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