Table 2.
Standardised Mortality Ratios (SMR) by period of follow-up for all Korean War veterans
| Years of follow-up | 0-9 | 10-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40+ | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O* | E† | SMR 95% CI | O | E | SMR 95% CI | O | E | SMR 95% CI | O | E | SMR 95% CI | O | E | SMR 95% CI | |
| All deaths | 383 | 360.1 | 1.06 (0.96, 1.18) | 674 | 680.7 | 0.99 (0.92, 1.07) | 1435 | 1343.3 | 1.07 (1.01, 1.12) | 2590 | 2168.4 | 1.19 (1.15, 1.24) | 2432 | 2240.0 | 1.09 (1.04, 1.13) |
| Cancers | 31 | 42.0 | 0.74 (0.52, 1.05) | 109 | 116.4 | 0.94 (0.78, 1.13) | 381 | 339.1 | 1.12 (1.02, 1.24) | 985 | 745.1 | 1.32 (1.24, 1.41) | 964 | 825.8 | 1.17 (1.10, 1.24) |
| Lung cancer | 2 | 4.5 | 0.44 (0.11, 1.77) | 24 | 27.4 | 0.88 (0.59, 1.31) | 152 | 107.4 | 1.42 (1.21, 1.66) | 317 | 230.2 | 1.38 (1.23, 1.54) | 303 | 223.2 | 1.36 (1.21, 1.52) |
| Colorectal cancer | 3 | 4.5 | 0.66 (0.21, 2.05) | 14 | 14.8 | 0.95 (0.56, 1.60) | 40 | 45.7 | 0.87 (0.64, 1.19) | 129 | 100.5 | 1.28 (1.08, 1.53) | 111 | 106.4 | 1.04 (0.87, 1.26) |
| Circulatory diseases | 62 | 73.4 | 0.85 (0.66, 1.09) | 256 | 277.8 | 0.92 (0.82, 1.04) | 669 | 637.7 | 1.05 (0.97, 1.13) | 1015 | 942.1 | 1.08 (1.01, 1.15) | 890 | 880.2 | 1.01 (0.95, 1.08) |
| Ischemic heart disease | 27 | 35.5 | 0.76 (0.52, 1.10) | 180 | 195.5 | 0.92 (0.80, 1.07) | 471 | 470.3 | 1.00 (0.92, 1.10) | 725 | 666.4 | 1.09 (1.01, 1.17) | 547 | 565.9 | 0.97 (0.89, 1.05) |
| Stroke | 15 | 14.3 | 1.05 (0.63, 1.74) | 31 | 41.3 | 0.75 (0.53, 1.07) | 88 | 87.7 | 1.00 (0.81, 1.24) | 145 | 130.1 | 1.11 (0.95, 1.31) | 168 | 153.3 | 1.10 (0.94, 1.27) |
| External causes | 256 | 176.9 | 1.45 (1.28, 1.64) | 215 | 166.4 | 1.29 (1.13, 1.48) | 179 | 135.2 | 1.32 (1.14, 1.53) | 109 | 96.7 | 1.13 (0.93, 1.36) | 54 | 57.7 | 0.94 (0.72, 1.22) |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 87 | 80.5 | 1.08 (0.88, 1.33) | 51 | 60.8 | 0.84 (0.64, 1.10) | 39 | 43.6 | 0.89 (0.65, 1.22) | 28 | 24.6 | 1.14 (0.79, 1.65) | 7 | 12.2 | 0.57 (0.27, 1.20) |
| Suicides | 38 | 33.4 | 1.14 (0.83, 1.56) | 48 | 46.5 | 1.03 (0.78, 1.37) | 53 | 39.3 | 1.35 (1.03, 1.77) | 42 | 33.4 | 1.26 (0.93, 1.70) | 28 | 18.5 | 1.51 (1.05, 2.19) |
*Observed deaths
†Expected deaths