Table 1.

Results of tracing the 6,181 members of the Love Canal cohort.

Tracing results	No. (%)
Known to be alive in 1996 and current address is known	5,241 (84.8)
Known to have died in the follow-up period 1978–1996	725 (11.7)
Known to be alive in 1996 but current address is unknown	13 (0.2)
Lost to follow-up sometime from the date of interview to 1996	47 (0.8)
No information available	155 (2.5)
Total	6,181