Update: Plant dermatitis among active component service members, U.S. Armed Forces, 2010-2020.

Dermatitis (skin inflammation) caused by the oil of poisonous plants is an occupational hazard for U.S. military members who are assigned and train in endemic areas.

Morbidity burdens attributable to various illnesses and injuries in deployed (per Theater Medical Data Store [TMDS]) active and reserve component service members, U.S. Armed Forces, 2008-2014.

This report estimates illness and injury-related morbidity and the healthcare "burden" for service members during deployments to the CENTCOM and AFRICOM theaters of operation during 2008-2014. During the 7-year surveillance period, a total of 2,863,834 medical encounters occurred among 1,596,935 service members who were deployed. Four burden categories comprised 50% or more of the total healthcare burden among both male and female deployers: injury and poisoning, mental disorders, musculoskeletal diseases, and signs and symptoms.

Incidence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2005-2014.

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common condition among adults that can cause symptoms such as frequent heartburn, substernal chest pain, and regurgitation of food. During 2005-2014, a total of 137,081 active component service members had an incident (first-ever) diagnosis of GERD (incidence rate: 101.3 per 10,000 person-years).

Incidence of joint replacement among active component service members, U.S. Armed Forces, 2004-2014.

In the U.S., joint replacements have become more common and the average age of individuals who undergo joint replacements has decreased.

Measles and mumps among service members and other beneficiaries of the U.S. Military Health System, January 2007-December 2014.

Measles and mumps are highly communicable infectious diseases whose causative viruses are spread through airborne droplets and infected surfaces. Individuals at highest risk are infants and unvaccinated individuals. Despite effective vaccines, there have been recent increases in incidence in the U.

Incidence of Salmonella infections among service members of the active and reserve components of the U.S. Armed Forces and among other beneficiaries of the Military Health System, 2000-2013.

This report reviews the incidence of cases of typhoidal and non-typhoidal Salmonella infections based on diagnoses recorded in healthcare records and reported through the Armed Forces reportable medical event (RME) system. During 2000-2013, there were 1,815 incident cases of non-typhoidal Salmonella and 456 incident cases of typhoidal Salmonella diagnosed in the active component force. The crude incidence rate for non-typhoidal Salmonella was 0.