Study of United Kingdom electricity generation and transmission workers: distribution of deaths and person-years at risk for study subjects with work histories (n=79 972), 1973–97
Chronic lymphatic leukaemia (CLL)4-150 | Other leukaemia4-151 | All leukaemia4-152 | All other causes4-153 | Person-years at risk | |
Estimated cumulative exposure to magnetic fields (μT.y): | |||||
0–2.4 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 6090 | 930589 |
2.5–4.9 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 1581 | 164656 |
5.0–9.9 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 2570 | 220076 |
10.0–19.9 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 2246 | 174386 |
⩾20.0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 701 | 73404 |
Age: | |||||
15–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 15176 |
20–24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 54700 |
25–29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 98219 |
30–34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 81 | 140873 |
35–39 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 153 | 167227 |
40–44 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 229 | 177060 |
45–49 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 457 | 182771 |
50–54 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 860 | 186126 |
55–59 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 1534 | 181532 |
60–64 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 2365 | 156070 |
65–69 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 2894 | 112349 |
70–74 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 2492 | 62212 |
75–79 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1478 | 23429 |
80–84 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 552 | 5367 |
Sex: | |||||
Male | 37 | 75 | 112 | 12536 | 1363200 |
Female | 2 | 10 | 12 | 652 | 199911 |
Calendar period: | |||||
1973–79 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1264 | 277664 |
1980–84 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 2223 | 375844 |
1985–89 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 3121 | 366254 |
1990–97 | 24 | 34 | 58 | 6580 | 543349 |
Year of starting employment: | |||||
<1946 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 740 | 31667 |
1946–64 | 19 | 33 | 52 | 6394 | 458199 |
1965–72 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 4116 | 486891 |
⩾1973 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 1938 | 586354 |
Period from first employment (y): | |||||
0–9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 752 | 351041 |
10–19 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 2961 | 568945 |
20–29 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 4392 | 398686 |
⩾30 | 19 | 25 | 44 | 5083 | 244439 |
Employment status4-154: | |||||
Still employed | 2 | 19 | 21 | 2174 | 674132 |
Left employment | 37 | 66 | 103 | 11014 | 888979 |
Negotiating body (pay and conditions): | |||||
NJM | 1 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 10960 |
NJB | 5 | 16 | 21 | 1820 | 354839 |
NJC | 6 | 12 | 18 | 1200 | 252053 |
NJIC | 26 | 55 | 81 | 9808 | 929972 |
NJ(B+C)E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 210 | 13725 |
Not known | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1562 |
Total | 39 | 85 | 124 | 13188 | 1563111 |
↵4-150 Any part of death certificate coded to ICD-9 204.1.
↵4-151 Any part of death certificate coded to ICD-9 204–208, excluding ICD-9 204.1.
↵4-152 Any part of death certificate coded to ICD-9 204–208.
↵4-153 No part of death certificate coded to ICD-9 204–208.
↵4-154 Subjects enter person-years at risk for left employment category 3 months after date of leaving.