Table 1B Mortality of haematological malignancies; demographic characteristics and outcomes of the study population of the two Southern Urals cohorts – the Techa River in utero exposed cohort (TRCIU) and the Mayak female worker offspring cohort (MWOC) – exposed to ionising radiation in utero

From: In utero exposure to radiation and haematological malignancies: pooled analysis of Southern Urals cohorts

 

Combined cohort

TRCIU

MWOC

 

N (%)

PYAR

N (%)

PYAR

N (%)

PYAR

Total

19 956 (100)

706 269

11 490 (100)

427 979

8466 (100)

278 290

Demographic characteristics

Sex

      

 Male

10 182 (51)

354 863

5821 (51)

211 862

4361 (52)

143 001

 Female

9774 (49)

351 406

5669 (49)

216 117

4105 (48)

135 289

Year of birth

      

 1948–54

7639 (38)

262 178

4493 (39)

167 026

3146 (37)

95 152

 1955–59

7273 (36)

264 840

5263 (46)

195 774

2010 (24)

69 066

 1960–69

3768 (19)

140 469

1734 (15)

65 179

2034 (24)

75 290

 1970–79

921 (5)

30 242

0 (0)

0

921 (11)

30 242

 After 1979

355 (2)

8 540

0 (0)

0

355 (4)

8 540

Outcomes

Alive on 12/31/2009

9927 (50)

 

5769 (50)

 

4158 (49)

 

Lost to follow-up

      

 Emigrated

5187 (26)

 

2235 (19)

 

2952 (35)

 

 Other reason

1463 (7)

 

1127 (10)

 

336 (4)

 

Death

      

 From neoplasms

248 (1)

 

145 (1)

 

103 (1)

 

 Of other causes

3131 (16)

 

2214 (19)

 

917 (11)

 
  1. Abbreviation: PYAR=person-years at risk over the period of cancer mortality follow-up.