Title page
Contents
Introduction 3
UK regular armed forces overall and service comparison 4
UK regular armed forces overall and service comparison to the UK general population 6
Cause of death 8
Glossary 13
Methodology 16
Changes to previously published data 18
Further Information 19
Annex A - Number of Land Traffic Accidents (LTA) resulting in deaths among UK regular armed forces personnel 20
Annex B - Number of incidents resulting in deaths among UK regular armed forces personnel 25
Annex C - On duty deaths in the UK armed forces reservist forces, 2012-2021 26
References and useful links 27
Table 1. UK regular armed forces deaths by cause of death and service, numbers, rates and SMR 9
Figure 1. UK regular armed forces mortality rates by service 4
Figure 2. UK regular armed forces deaths by service, standardised mortality ratios (SMR) (95% confidence intervals (CI)) 6
Figure 3. UK regular armed forces deaths by service, standardised mortality rate 7
Figure 4. UK regular armed forces: Cause of death, proportion 8
Figure 5. UK regular armed forces deaths by cause, area chart, rate 11
Figure 6. Deaths in the UK regular armed forces: Causes, standardised mortality ratios 11
Annex Tables
Table B1. UK regular armed forces Accidental and Violent deaths (excluding Suicides) by service, deaths and incidents, numbers 25
Table C1. UK armed forces reservist deaths whilst on duty, by type of reservist, numbers 26
Table C2. UK armed forces reservist deaths whilst on duty, by cause of death, numbers 26
Annex Figures
Figure A1. UK regular armed forces LTA deaths by key characteristics, percentages 21
Figure A2. UK regular armed forces LTA deaths by service, three-year moving average, rate 22
Figure A3. UK regular armed forces LTA deaths by vehicle type, five-year moving average, rates 23
Figure A4. UK regular armed forces LTA deaths by service, standardised mortality ratio 24
Figure B1. UK regular armed forces deaths and fatal incidents, numbers 25