Descriptive individual and environmental characteristics of the cohort members
| Total cohort | 71 362 | PM10 from industrial sources | NOx from traffic | Distance from the harbour | ||||||
| <5th | 5°–95° | >95th | <5th | 5°–95° | >95th | >500 m | ≤500 m | |||
| 3639 | 64 540 | 3183 | 3488 | 64 371 | 3503 | 66 698 | 4664 | |||
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Male | 34 016 | 47.7 | 48.0 | 47.4 | 51.7 | 50.1 | 47.4 | 50.0 | 47.7 | 46.9 |
| Female | 37 346 | 52.3 | 52.0 | 52.6 | 48.3 | 49.9 | 52.6 | 50.0 | 52.3 | 53.1 |
| Age class (years) | ||||||||||
| 18–44 | 35 466 | 49.7 | 46.7 | 49.3 | 61.3 | 52.6 | 48.6 | 67.1 | 50.0 | 45.9 |
| 45–64 | 21 690 | 30.4 | 31.0 | 30.6 | 25.7 | 29.0 | 30.9 | 23.2 | 30.5 | 28.9 |
| 65–80 | 11 502 | 16.1 | 17.9 | 16.3 | 10.6 | 14.5 | 16.6 | 8.5 | 15.9 | 19.8 |
| >80 | 2704 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 5.3 |
| Region of birth | ||||||||||
| Lazio | 51 813 | 72.6 | 73.5 | 72.6 | 70.7 | 81.3 | 72.1 | 72.5 | 72.9 | 68.6 |
| North | 2340 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| Centre (except Lazio) | 3572 | 5.0 | 7.7 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| South | 11 531 | 16.2 | 10.7 | 16.4 | 17.9 | 8.6 | 16.5 | 18.1 | 15.8 | 21.2 |
| Other nation | 2106 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
| Socioeconomic position* | ||||||||||
| High | 9592 | 15.2 | 18.4 | 15.8 | 0.4 | 13.8 | 15.2 | 13.5 | 13.9 | 9.6 |
| Middle-high | 10 078 | 16.0 | 28.0 | 15.4 | 14.6 | 32.3 | 15.9 | 0.8 | 14.1 | 19.9 |
| Middle | 13 360 | 21.2 | 27.8 | 21.0 | 19.3 | 21.7 | 21.9 | 5.2 | 19.8 | 5.2 |
| Middle-low | 13 247 | 21.0 | 20.9 | 21.0 | 20.9 | 21.4 | 21.0 | 17.4 | 19.1 | 14.3 |
| Low | 16 697 | 26.5 | 5.0 | 26.7 | 44.7 | 10.8 | 25.9 | 45.3 | 22.5 | 51.0 |
| Occupational categories | ||||||||||
| Ever worked | 28 346 | 39.7 | 45.3 | 39.2 | 44.1 | 45.7 | 39.2 | 42.8 | 40.3 | 31.3 |
| Services industry | 12 934 | 18.1 | 17.4 | 18.2 | 17.8 | 15.3 | 18.2 | 18.8 | 18.2 | 16.8 |
| Construction industry | 5073 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 10.0 | 6.8 | 9.3 | 7.3 | 4.4 |
| Construction products (cement factory) | 485 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Agriculture | 4881 | 6.8 | 18.0 | 6.2 | 8.0 | 16.7 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 7.2 | 1.7 |
| Mechanical constructions | 2491 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
| Iron and steel industry | 588 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| Naval constructions | 124 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Dock worker | 1580 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.1 |
| Transports | 1121 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| Gas and power industries | 1678 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| Manufacture of refined petroleum products | 159 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Other | 2225 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| Vital status (on 31 December 2013) | ||||||||||
| Alive | 53 408 | 74.8 | 72.6 | 74.7 | 79.5 | 76.4 | 74.1 | 86.2 | 75.3 | 67.9 |
| Emigrated or untraceable | 3110 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 6.0 |
| Dead | 14 844 | 20.8 | 22.6 | 21.0 | 15.4 | 19.2 | 21.4 | 11.7 | 20.4 | 26.1 |
| Person-years | ||||||||||
| 1996–2001 | 71 357 | 36.4 | 36.6 | 36.4 | 35.8 | 36.3 | 36.4 | 34.8 | 36.3 | 37.4 |
| 2002–2007 | 65 327 | 33.3 | 33.4 | 33.3 | 33.2 | 33.2 | 33.3 | 33.4 | 33.3 | 33.2 |
| 2008–2013 | 59 622 | 30.4 | 30.0 | 30.4 | 31.0 | 30.5 | 30.3 | 31.9 | 30.4 | 29.5 |
*Total may vary because of missing values.