HL Deb 14 January 2004 vol 657 cc85-6WA
The Countess of Mar

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many regular, reserve and territorial members of Her Majesty's Armed Forces have been evacuated from Iraq since 19 March for non-combatant injuries and illnesses; and what were the categories of those injuries and illnesses. [H L243]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Bach)

Around 1,760 Service personnel have been aeromedically evacuated with non-combatant injuries from Iraq since 19 March 2003. Of these, around 280 are either reserve or territorial forces. The following table breaks this down into injury type:

Injury Type Percentage of Total Evacuation Number
Limb Injury 23.3
Trauma 13.7
Spinal 10.9
Psychiatric 9.6
Surgical Non-Trauma 8.0
Knee Injury 5.6
Genito-Urinary 5.6
Dermatology 3.4
Respiratory 3.2
Opthalmology 3.0
Gastro-Intestinal 2.9
Neurological 2.5
Ear, Nose, Throat 2.0
Cardiology 1.8
Women's Health 1.6
Dental and Maxillo-Facial 1.0
Oncology 0.7
Metabolic 0.6
Haematology 0.3
Men's Health 0.2
Tropical Disease 0.1
Total 100.0