Some Determinants of Contract Prices in Defense Procurement

• Main Authors: Berg, Robert M, Dennis, Richard L
• Other Authors: CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA NAVAL PLANNING MANPOWER AND LOGISTICS DIV
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1986
• Subjects: Economics and Cost Analysis; Numerical Mathematics; *CONTRACTS; *COST ANALYSIS; ACQUISITION; AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE; CAUCASIANS; DAY; DEATH; DEFENSE SYSTEMS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENLISTED PERSONNEL; GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT; HIGH RATE; MALES; MARINE ENGINEERING; MORTALITY RATE; NAVAL PERSONNEL; POPULATION; PROCUREMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX; SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEHICLES; WEAPON SYSTEMS; PIC(PRICE IMPROVEMENT CURVE); PE65154N; Pacific; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA185095; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA185095

Summaries of mortality are useful in describing death within various populations; however, in the Navy, information which annually characterizes death is generally not available until several years after the fact. The objective of this study was to describe deaths among Navy personnel during 1986 by using a source that would provide the most complete information in the shortest time. Information in this report included bsic demographic data such as age, sex, race, occupational specialty, and paygrade. Additional information that contributed to a broader description of death included time and place of death and the cause and circumstance associated with death. The highest crude mortality rates occurred in 23-24 year-olds, males caucasians, and E-5's Eigthy- eight percent of the 1986 deaths occurred among enlisted personnel; 26 percent of those among marine engineering, aviation maintenance, and weapons specialties. Nearly two-thirds of the deaths occurred in members who had less than 10 year's active-duty. Saturday was the frequent day of death. One-thirdj of the 1986 deaths occurred in the South Atlantic region and an additional 29 percent in the Pacific. Motor vehicle related deaths were the most significant contributing cause of morality accounting for 42 percent of the deaths.