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Standardized mortality ratios (SMR) adjusted for age, sex, and ethnoracial group, along with associated 95% confidence intervals (CIs), were calculated to directly compare all\u2010cause and cause\u2010specific mortality rates in each of the two injury groups to rates in the total study population.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>Not applicable.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title><jats:p>Service members who deployed in support of the global war on terror between 2001 and 2016 were eligible for inclusion; the final sample included 1,875,206 individuals surveilled through 2019.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Intervention<\/jats:title><jats:p>Not applicable.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Main Outcome Measures<\/jats:title><jats:p>All\u2010cause and cause\u2010specific mortality rates.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Overall, the number of deaths was over three times higher than expected among service members with amputations (SMR\u00a0=\u00a03.01; CI: 2.36\u20133.65), and nearly two times higher among those with serious limb injuries not resulting in amputation (SMR\u00a0=\u00a01.72; CI: 1.54\u20131.90) when compared to the larger study population. Rates for both internal and external causes of death were significantly elevated among those with limb injuries.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Long\u2010term mortality rates are elevated among service members with traumatic limb injuries, though mortality patterns may differ based on whether the injury results in amputation. 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