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. 2008 Sep 11;85(6):880–909. doi: 10.1007/s11524-008-9317-4

Table 1.

Source of interview and coverage by enrollment group, World Trade Center Health Registry

WTCHR enrollment groupsa Total Source of Interview Estimated population size Estimated coverage
List-identified Self-identified
N % N % N % N %
Total 71,437 100.0 21,239 29.7 50,198 70.3 409,492 17.4
Rescue–recovery workers and volunteers 30,665 42.9 11,387 37.1 19,278 62.9 91,469 33.5
 New York City Police Department (NYPD) 3,757 5.3 70 1.9 3,687 98.1 5,000b 75.1
 New York City Fire Department (FDNY) 3,196 4.5 71 2.2 3,125 97.8 11,000 29.1
 Emergency Medical Service (EMS), medical, or disaster personnel 1,314 1.8 86 6.5 1,228 93.5 N/A N/A
 Construction or engineering 4,363 6.1 2,512 57.6 1,851 42.4 20,397 21.4
 NYC Department of Sanitation 2,117 3.0 1,786 84.4 331 15.6 3,400 62.3
 Volunteer organizations 5,500 7.7 3,669 66.7 1,831 33.3 26,480 20.8
 Unaffiliated volunteers 1,889 2.6 461 24.4 1,428 75.6 N/A N/A
 State agencies 336 0.5 81 24.1 255 75.9 8,897 3.8
 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 436 0.6 288 66.1 148 33.9 3,499 12.5
 Federal agencies (not including FEMA) 1,577 2.2 399 25.3 1,178 74.7 5,122 30.8
 Other 6,180 8.7 1,964 31.8 4,216 68.2 N/A N/A
Schools south of Canal Street 2,646 3.7 397 15.0 2,249 85.0 15,197 17.4
 Students (preK-12) 2,075 2.9 289 13.9 1,786 86.1 12,466 16.6
 Staff 571 0.8 108 18.9 463 81.1 2,731 20.9
Residents south of Canal Street 14,665 20.5 3,850 26.3 10,815 73.7 57,511 25.5
 Lived south of Chambers Street on 9/11 8,170 11.4 2,241 27.4 5,929 72.6 21,926 37.3
 Lived between Chambers and Canal Streets on 9/11 6,495c 9.1 1,609 24.8 4,886 75.2 35,585 18.3
Building occupants, passersby, and people in transit south of Chambers Street on 9/11 43,487 60.9 9,859 22.7 33,628 77.3 362,092 12.0
 Occupants of WTC towers or other damaged or destroyed buildings 10,393 14.6 3,367 32.4 7,026 67.6 24,015 43.3
 Occupants of other buildings nearby 19,900 27.9 3,589 18.0 16,307 81.9 38,077 52.3
 Passersby or people in transit 13,194 18.5 2,903 22.0 10,295 78.0 300,000 4.4

N/A Data not available

aWTCHR eligibility groups are not mutually exclusive; approximately 26% of registrants belong to more than one eligibility group.

bThe estimated population of 5,000 NYPD workers is most likely an underestimate.

cIncludes 1,176 residents from zip codes 10002 and 10013 that lived north of Canal Street on 9/11.