Men | Women | |
Status at follow-up | n (%) | n (%) |
Alive | 1057 (39.8) | 384 (49.5) |
Deceased * | 1573 (59.2) | 387 (49.8) |
Emigrated† | 21 (0.8) | 5 (0.6) |
Lost to follow-up | 6 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) |
Year of first exposure | n (%) | n (%) |
1912–1949 | 860 (32.3) | 415 (53.4) |
1950–1964 | 1347 (50.7) | 311 (40.0) |
1965–1974 | 137 (5.2) | 13 (1.7) |
1975–1986 | 313 (11.8) | 38 (4.9) |
Total | 2657 (100.0) | 777 (100.0) |
Age when first exposed | n (%) | n (%) |
<20 | 321 (12.0) | 347 (44.7) |
20–29 | 1100 (41.4) | 240 (30.9) |
30–39 | 804 (30.3) | 144 (18.5) |
40–49 | 340 (12.8) | 41 (5.3) |
50–59 | 92 (3.5) | 5 (0.6) |
Duration of exposure, stratified by period of first exposure | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
1912–1949 | 24.6 (9.3) | 22.8 (10.1) |
1950–1964 | 14.2 (8.9) | 11.6 (9.1) |
1965–1974 | 6.1 (5.4) | 7.0 (4.9) |
1975–1986 | 4.4 (3.2) | 4.5 (2.7) |
Time since last exposure, stratified by period of first exposure | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
1912–1949 | 15.7 (11.3) | 27.4 (13.2) |
1950–1964 | 20.8 (11.8) | 29.9 (11.5) |
1965–1974 | 21.0 (6.6) | 20.3 (5.0) |
1975–1986 | 17.8 (4.7) | 16.8 (1.4) |
Age at cessation of exposure, stratified by period of first exposure | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
1912–1949 | 53.9 (8.7) | 45.5 (9.8) |
1950–1964 | 45.5 (12.1) | 37.2 (12.3) |
1965–1974 | 40.0 (11.4) | 39.3 (8.5) |
1975–1986 | 36.3 (11.9) | 41.0 (9.6) |
*151 deaths (135 men and 16 women) before 1965, 21 causes of death unknown; †8 emigrated before 1965 (6 men and 2 women).