Overview: This study investigates the disproportionate impact of mortality among United States troops in Iraq on rural communities.,Results show that troops from non-metropolitan areas have higher mortality after accounting for the disproportionate enlistment of non-metropolitan youth, and the non-metropolitan disadvantage generally persists across military branch and rank. Moreover, most of the differential is due to higher risks of mortality for non-metropolitan African American and Hispanic military personnel, compared to metropolitan enlistees of the same race or ethnicity.
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Curtis,K, J. Payne, C. F. The differential impact of mortality of American troops in the Iraq War: The non-metropolitan dimension
Demographic Research 06 July 2010 Volume 23, Article 2, Pages 41-62
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.23.2
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