Table 4.

All-cause mortality by Selected characteristics, among white-male police officers in Buffalo, New York 1950–2018

Character	Observed Deaths	Expected Deaths	SMR	95%CI
Age at death
<50	105	206.01	0.51	0.42–0.62*
50–69	708	678.31	1.04	0.97–1.12
≥70	1,040	965.49	1.08	1.01–1.14*
p-value for trend			<0.001
Calendar year of death
1950–59	153	142.90	1.07	0.91–1.25
1960–69	262	221.72	1.18	1.04–1.33*
1970–79	279	264.51	1.05	0.93–1.19
1980–89	309	272.53	1.13	1.01–1.27*
1990–99	298	285.42	1.04	0.93–1.17
2000–09	299	308.28	0.97	0.86–1.09
2010–18	253	250.14	1.01	0.89–1.14
p-value for trend			0.109
Age started as police
<25	451	426.95	1.06	0.96–1.16
25–29	939	908.29	1.03	0.97–1.10
30+	463	514.57	0.90	0.82–0.99*
p-value for trend			0.020
Years of police service
<19	190	270.23	0.70	0.61–0.81*
20–29	627	651.75	0.96	0.89–1.04
30+	1,036	927.83	1.12	1.05–1.19*
p-value for trend			<0.001
Latency years (yrs from onset of work to death)
<29	269	657.47	0.41	0.36–0.46*
30–39	407	304.26	1.34	1.21–1.47*
40–49	541	398.75	1.36	1.24–1.48*
50+	636	489.34	1.30	1.20–1.40*
p-value for trend			<0.001

Note(s): SMR: Standardized mortality Ratio, 95% CI: 95% confidence interval

^*Statistical significance at p < 0.05