Table 19.2 Distribution of war wounds 1966—1991

                                    Head and neck        Thorax     Abdomen   Upper   limb      Lower limb
War zone and date                %                             %               %                 %                         %

Vietnam 1966-1967                24                              20               14                40                         50
Middle East 1973                   15                              8                 6                  29                        27
Falklands 1982                       14                              7                 12                27                         41
Afghanistan 1985                  12                              3                 12               26                         43
Gulf 1991                                 6                              12                  11              44                          75