Spouses Primary All Diagnostic categories diagnosis diagnoses* Psychological conditions 20.8% 39.5% Musculoskeletal system diseases 9.9 33.7 Symptoms, Signs, and Ill-Defined conditions 14.5 42.2 Healthy 9.9 5.4** Respiratory system diseases 4.2 15.7 Digestive system diseases 4.8 23.5 Skin and subcutaneous tissue diseases 7.8 22.6 Nervous system diseases 8.7 18.1 Infectious diseases 1.5 7.2 Circulatory system diseases 1.8 7.2 Endocrine disorders 5.1 12.3 Genitourinary system diseases 8.4 17.8 Neoplasms 0.6 3.6 Injury and poisoning 0.3 2.4 Blood and blood organ diseases 0.9 4.5 Congenital abnormalities/conditions of the prenatal period 0.3 1.5
* All diagnoses include the top seven diagnoses.
** Includes spouses having a healthy primary and no secondary diagnoses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Defense, Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program for Persian Gulf War Veterans: CCEP Report on 18,598 Participants (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Defense, 1996).