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Up until the year 2,000, there has been approximately 3,010 wars and 110,500,000 killed in war.

Women had a statistically significant higher rate of mental disorder assessment at 8.2 per 1,000, double that of male personnel at four per 1,000.

The figures also showed higher rates of mental health disorder among ranks other than that of officer.

Other ranks had a statistically significantly higher rate of mental disorder at 4.9 per 1,000, more than two-and-a-half times that of officers at 1.8 per 1,000.

The Army and the RAF had similar rates of mental disorder assessments at 4.9 and 4.2 per 1,000 respectively with the Royal Marines and Royal Navy registering lower rates of 3.5 and 3 per 1,000 respectively.

Mental health statistics released by the Ministry of Defence showed 3,917 new cases of armed services personnel assessed to have a mental disorder in 2007 by the MoD’s department of community mental health.

0.4% of Americans get Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Afghan

1% in Iraq

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