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Table 3 Prevalence by length of service of most commonly reported medical conditions via self-report, electronic medical record, either self-report or electronic medical record, and both self-report and electronic medical record among active-duty Millennium Cohort participants

From: Challenges of self-reported medical conditions and electronic medical records among members of a large military cohort

Length of Service (years)

 

0–5 n = 7,183†

6–10 n = 8,516†

11–15 n = 10,179†

≥ 16 n = 10,574†

Medical condition*

% self

% elec

% either

% both

% self

% elec

% either

% both

% self

% elec

% either

% both

% self

% elec

% either

% both

Sinusitis

8.7

12.8

18.3

3.3

11.7

12.9

20.8

3.9

15.1

15.0

24.6

5.5

20.6

14.2

28.0

6.9

Migraine headaches

10.8

4.3

12.4

2.7

11.0

5.0

12.5

3.4

10.2

4.1

11.3

2.9

11.3

4.1

12.5

2.9

Hypertension

4.2

3.4

6.4

1.2

7.2

5.0

10.0

2.2

9.6

7.5

12.7

4.4

17.2

13.6

21.2

9.7

Significant hearing loss

4.0

4.4

7.7

0.8

6.0

4.0

8.9

1.1

8.7

5.4

11.9

2.2

15.9

8.8

19.9

4.7

Depression

9.0

9.1

13.8

4.3

6.9

7.3

10.7

3.5

5.6

5.9

8.6

2.9

7.1

5.4

9.2

3.4

Bladder infection

8.5

0.9

9.1

0.3

6.4

0.8

7.0

0.2

6.1

0.4

6.4

0.1

6.8

0.3

7.0

0.1

Asthma

5.7

4.3

7.8

2.2

5.3

4.0

7.3

2.0

5.4

3.6

7.1

1.9

6.6

3.9

8.3

2.1

Any other heart condition

3.2

1.0

3.8

0.3

4.1

1.6

5.0

0.6

4.9

2.0

6.1

0.8

7.3

3.2

9.0

1.4

Anemia

5.8

3.4

7.8

1.4

4.8

2.4

6.2

1.0

4.3

3.1

6.2

1.2

4.0

3.0

6.0

1.1

Stomach, duodenal, peptic ulcer

2.4

0.3

2.6

0.2

2.7

0.4

2.9

0.2

3.1

0.6

3.3

0.3

4.6

0.8

5.0

0.4

Chronic bronchitis

3.4

4.7

7.6

0.5

3.1

4.0

6.6

0.6

2.8

3.7

6.1

0.4

3.7

3.8

7.0

0.5

  1. * Most prevalent conditions among all Cohort members; 3 percent or greater self-reported prevalence.
  2. † Sample size varies slightly for each condition due to missing values.