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Total Army Injury and Health Outcomes Database (TAIHOD)
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Website: http://www.usariem.army.mil/uniqfac/taihod/home.html.

Description: The Total Army Injury and Health Outcomes Database (TAIHOD) is a system that joins multiple personnel and health datasets from various Defense Department agencies. Each agency, at the request of USARIEM, created a dataset that included only active duty Army soldiers. The TAIHOD now links four general categories of data: demographics, health outcomes (hospitalizations, outpatient visits, lost-time injuries, permanent disabilities, and fatalities); self-reported health habits and risk-taking behaviors from surveys; and chemical exposures from the Defense Occupational Health Readiness System (DOHRS). All records are linked by social security numbers at the level of the individual soldier. Social security numbers are scrambled to protect the anonymity of the soldier.

Access: All database inquiries require review and approval, and are subject to restrictions on data use. Confidentiality is explained at: http://www.usariem.army.mil/uniqfac/taihod/confiden.htm

Contact the Data Steward:
TAIHOD Coordinator
US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Military Performance Division (ATTN: MCMR-UE-EMP)
42 Kansas Street
Natick, MA 01760-5007
USARIEM.TAIHOD@na.amedd.army.mil

Documentation: An overview of the database contents can be found at. http://www.usariem.army.mil/uniqfac/taihod/overview.html