Select demographic characteristics of WTC combined rescue and recovery cohort and other characteristics of prostate cancer cases
| Characteristics | No (%) of responders | ||
| Prostate cancer cases (n=1120) | Other rescue/recovery workersa (n=53 274) | Total (n=54 394) | |
| Age at study entry | |||
| 18–19 | 0 (0.00) | 28 (0.05) | 28 (0.05) |
| 20–24 | ≤5 (≤1.00) | 868 (1.63) | 869 (1.60) |
| 25–29 | 0 (0.00) | 3227 (6.06) | 3227 (5.93) |
| 30–34 | 12 (1.07) | 6714 (12.60) | 6726 (12.37) |
| 35–39 | 32 (2.86) | 10 109 (18.98) | 10 141 (18.64) |
| 40–44 | 127 (11.34) | 11 161 (20.95) | 11 288 (20.75) |
| 45–49 | 217 (19.38) | 8903 (16.71) | 9120 (16.77) |
| 50–54 | 233 (20.80) | 5661 (10.63) | 5894 (10.84) |
| 55–59 | 238 (21.25) | 3315 (6.22) | 3553 (6.53) |
| 60–64 | 161 (14.38) | 1757 (3.30) | 1918 (3.53) |
| 65–69 | 55 (4.91) | 854 (1.60) | 909 (1.67) |
| 70–74 | 34 (3.04) | 472 (0.89) | 506 (0.93) |
| 75–79 | 8 (0.71) | 159 (0.30) | 167 (0.31) |
| 80–84 | ≤5 (≤1.00) | 38 (0.07) | 40 (0.07) |
| 85+ | 0 (0.00) | 8 (0.02) | 8 (0.01) |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 841 (75.09) | 38 171 (71.65) | 39 012 (71.72) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 195 (17.41) | 4418 (8.29) | 4613 (8.48) |
| Non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native | ≤5 (≤1.00) | 153 (0.29) | 154 (0.28) |
| Non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander | ≤5 (≤1.00) | 922 (1.73) | 926 (1.70) |
| Hispanic | 78 (6.96) | 7900 (14.83) | 7978 (14.67) |
| Non-Hispanic, with unknown/unclassifiable race | ≤5 (≤1.00) | 1710 (3.21) | 1711 (3.15) |
| Smoking status at enrolment | |||
| Current | 142 (12.68) | 8372 (15.71) | 8514 (15.65) |
| Former | 383 (34.20) | 12 351 (23.18) | 12 734 (23.41) |
| Never | 570 (50.89) | 31 279 (58.71) | 31 849 (58.55) |
| Unknown/missing | 25 (2.23) | 1272 (2.39) | 1297 (2.38) |
| Vital status by the end of follow-up (12/31/2015) | |||
| Alive | 1076 (96.07) | 51 594 (96.85) | 52 670 (96.83) |
| Deceased | 44 (3.93) | 1680 (3.15) | 1724 (3.17) |
| First arrival at WTC site | |||
| 11/9/2001 | 515 (45.98) | 24 019 (45.09) | 24 534 (45.10) |
| 12/9/2001 | 189 (16.88) | 9541 (17.91) | 9730 (17.89) |
| 13/9/2001 to 30/6/2002 | 349 (31.16) | 16 496 (30.96) | 16 845 (30.97) |
| Not at WTC site | 37 (3.30) | 2593 (4.87) | 2630 (4.84) |
| Unknown | 30 (2.68) | 625 (1.17) | 655 (1.20) |
| Year of diagnosis | n (%) |
| 2002 | ≤5 (≤1.0) |
| 2003 | 12 (1.1) |
| 2004 | 23 (2.1) |
| 2005 | 42 (3.8) |
| 2006 | 42 (3.8) |
| 2007 | 70 (6.3) |
| 2008 | 82 (7.3) |
| 2009 | 110 (9.8) |
| 2010 | 120 (10.7) |
| 2011 | 123 (11.0) |
| 2012 | 121 (10.8) |
| 2013 | 136 (12.1) |
| 2014 | 119 (10.6) |
| 2015 | 115 (10.3) |
| Stage | |
| Localised | 867 (77.4) |
| Regional | 171 (15.3) |
| Distant | 28 (2.5) |
| Unknown | 54 (4.8) |
| Other descriptive statistics | Mean (SD) |
| Age at diagnosis (years) | 60.3 (7.9) |
| Age at end of follow-up (years) | 65.1 (7.8) |
| Length of follow-up (years) | 11.2 (2.5) |
.a, Rescue/recovery workers that did not have a prostate cancer diagnosis in the study period; WTC, World Trade Center.