Postdischarge Mortality from Suicide and Motor-Vehicle Injuries among Vietnam-Era Veterans

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To the Editor: Hearst et al. (March 6, 1986, issue)1 have conducted an interesting study of subsequent mortality among men who were eligible for the draft in the early 1970s and men who were exempt. Their chief finding was of excess mortality from motor-vehicle injuries and suicide in the draft-eligible group as compared with the draft-exempt group. When they projected the results to apply to draft-eligible men who actually served in the military, the estimated mortality risks were 1.86 for suicide and 1.53 for motor-vehicle accidents. They concluded that "the most likely explanation for these findings is that military service . . .

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