Description of the study population
| Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| Subjects (n): | |||||
| Included | 2216 | 95 | 644 | 97 | |
| Excluded | 112 | 5 | 23 | 3 | |
| Lost to follow up | 590 | 135 | |||
| Person-years | 40542 | 11960 | |||
| Deaths (n): | |||||
| All causes | 331 | 68 | |||
| Lung cancer | 46 | 1 | |||
| Date employed: | |||||
| <1950 | 76 | 3 | 15 | 2 | |
| 1950–9 | 912 | 41 | 157 | 24 | |
| 1960–9 | 816 | 37 | 309 | 48 | |
| 1970–9 | 353 | 16 | 139 | 22 | |
| ⩾1980 | 59 | 3 | 24 | 4 | |
| Smoking (%) | Total | Lung cancer | Total | Lung cancer | |
| Never | 20 | 15 | 87 | 100 | |
| Current or former | 48 | 63 | 12 | — | |
| Unknown1-150 | 32 | 22 | 2 | — | |
↵1-150 Includes subjects classified as non-smoker or former smoker.