Figure 2

Demographics and Cancer Prevalence in the UK Fire and Rescue Service. The proportion of firefighters with a cancer diagnosis in each demographic category is presented (i.e. a percentage of the total number of female firefighters in the survey, male firefighters in the survey, etc.). Note that the relatively small sample size of certain demographic groups (e.g. female firefighters) mean the above results should be interpreted cautiously (see Wolffe et al., 2023 for demographic proportions). Also note that wholetime firefighters work full-time contracted hours/shift patterns. Retained firefighters do not have contracted hours, but are kept on a paid “retainer” contract, remaining on-call for emergencies. Wholetime/ retained firefighters represent wholetime firefighters who work a second retained contract outside of wholetime hours. Flexi-duty firefighters work full-time contracted hours in a more flexible shift pattern.