AFHSC operates the Defense Medical Surveillance System (DMSS), a continuously expanding relational database that documents military and medical experiences of service members throughout their careers. As the central repository of medical surveillance data for the US Armed Forces, DMSS contains up-to-date and historical data on diseases and medical events (e.g., hospitalizations, ambulatory visits, reportable medical events, HIV tests, and casualty data) and longitudinal data on personnel and deployments. AFHSC routinely publishes summaries of notifiable diseases, trends of illnesses of special surveillance interest and field reports describing outbreaks and case occurrences in the Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), the principal vehicle for disseminating medical surveillance information of broad interest. Through DMSS, The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center provides the sole link between the DoD Serum Repository and other databases.
Online Data
Selected Data Tables Integrated within the Defense Medical Surveillance System*
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* Last Updated: February, 2013
Notes
| 1. | Person/Demog contain all persons serving on active duty and in the reserve component. |
| 2. | Deployment rosters for major deployments beginning with Persian Gulf War. |
| 3. | Medical encounters for active duty, activated Reserves and National Guard, and other beneficiaries of the military healthcare system. |
| 4. | Health assessment questionnaires administered before/after major deployments. |
| 5. | Casualty data for active duty and activated Reserves component deaths. |
| 6. | As outlined in the Armed Forces Reportable Events Guidelines. |
Acronyms
DEERS?—?Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System
DHSS?—?Defense Health Services System
MEPS?—?Military Entrance Processing Stations