Anthropometric Measurements of Aviators within the Aviation Epidemiology Data Register

摘要

Beginning in 1983, the U.S. Army Aviation Epidemiology Data Register (AEDR) was developed. The AEDR is a permanent, computer-accessible repository of medical information on the Army aviation population. This automated database system provides data for developing and evaluating aviation medical selection and retention standards, for conducting epidemiologic studies on health risk factors, and the natural history of disease in the aviation environment, for evaluating health hazards in the aviation environment, and for providing human factors input to engineers developing aircraft, weapons, and life support equipment. Twenty anthropometric measurements on 22,000 male flight school applicants, 29,000 male aviators, 800 female flight school applicants, and 600 female aviators are recorded in the Aviation Epidemiology Data Register (AEDR). Summary statistics for the anthropometric measurements of these four populations, including mean, standard deviation, and the 1,5 50, 95, and 99 percentile values, are reported. These values are reported in a tabular format with the corresponding values from five other Department of Defense anthropometric studies. (aw)