Research Article
Evaluation of the Performance of Females as Light Infantry Soldiers
Table 5
Summary of the formal medical reasons for attrition.
| | Reasons for attrition | Females
| Males
| Total |
| | Back pain | 3 | 1 | 4 | | Knee pain | 3 | 1 | 4 | | Irritable bowel syndrome | 2 | | 2 | | Pes cavus/Pes planus | 2 | | 2 | | Skin disease | 2 | | 2 | | Asthma | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Anaemia | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Ankle sprain | 1 | | 1 | | Stress fracture (nondisplaced) | 1 | | 1 | | Fracture (upper extremity) | 1 | | 1 | | Fracture of spine | 1 | | 1 | | Kidney disease | | 1 | 1 | | Ticks (neurological) | | 1 | 1 |
| | Total | 18 | 6 | 25 |
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