errrr...i can see you don't understand!!! whatever adjustments they make this isn't representative of a "general population" ....to be a veteran you are certainly not going to be a young person under 20 for example and the majority of veterans will be of middle age onwards (this group still includes people old enough to have fought in Korea and Vietnam remember!) .Age is a massive factor in risk, alongside obesity and diabetes. Even with younger vets, if you have seen active conflict in the gulf, afghanistan etc there are many that suffered ongoing mental and physical harms as a result of their service...we are not talking about a young, healthy group of people....see below!!! I have no problem with agreeing with you that covid was and is potentially deadly or harm causing but for you to state that EVERYONE is then subject to that increase in risks is just wrong and I state again, this was a pre-vaccine study...has the vaccine not given you any confidence in surviving covid without harm??
"""""1. Vets are nearly twice as likely to have heart disease and heart attacks
About 6 percent of veterans will have a heart attack or develop coronary heart disease, compared to between 3 and 4 percent of civilians who will have those health problems.
What’s more, there’s some evidence that post-traumatic stress disorder could damage the heart over time, according to a 2015 study published in the American Journal of Public Health. The seven-year study analyzed the health of more than 8,000 veterans living in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands and found that veterans with PSTD were 50 percent more likely to have heart failure than veterans without PTSD.
- Skin cancer is a major concern for Iraq and Afghanistan vets
According to the new America’s Health Rankings report, nearly half of veterans 80 years old and older were diagnosed with cancer, compared to about a third of civilians of the same age.
But younger veterans, particularly those who’ve returned from Iraq and Afghanistan, might want to be especially cognizant about their risk for skin cancer. According to a study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology last year, only 13 percent of veterans reported using sunscreen regularly during their last deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan. While 87 percent said they sometimes used sunscreen, 20 percent reported getting at least one blistering sunburn.
That one blistering sunburn is enough to seriously up vets’ cancer risk, since sustaining five more more sunburns during one’s life doubles his or her risk of melanoma, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation.
- Veterans are more likely to engage in high-risk behavior
A good chuck of those who have served ― 43 percent of them ― are unlikely to get sufficient sleep, which can raise their risk for diabetes, stroke and obesity.
Their daytime behavior isn’t necessarily making up for it either. Although veterans are more likely to exercise than civilians, they’re also more likely to drink excessively and smoke, high-risk behaviors that are linked to a host of health problems, including cancer, high blood pressure, alcoholism and mental health problems.
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To learn more about veterans’ health and how you can support it, read the full report or visit the American Medical Association’s section on veteran-related health issues.""""