Table 3.
Cause of Death and Age at Death
| Probands (N = 207) |
Comparisons (N = 178) |
χ 2 | p | |||
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| Cause of Death | n (%) | Age at Death (Years) |
n (%) | Age at Death (Years) |
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| Total | 15 (7) | 5 (3) | 3.83 | .05 | ||
| Related to identified physical conditions | 4 (2) | 37–38 | 3 (2) | 26–43 | FET | 1.00 |
| Cancer | 2 (1) | 37, 37 | 2 (1) | 42, 43 | ||
| Diabetic coma | 1 (.5) | 38 | 0 | |||
| AIDS | 0 | 1 (.6) | 33 | |||
| Cardiac arrest | 1 (.5) | 38 | 0 | |||
| Unrelated to identified physical conditions | 10 (5) | 16–40 | 1 (.6) | 26 | 6.28 | .01 |
| Suicide | 3 (1) | 21, 30, 30 | 0 | |||
| Alcohol/Drug Overdose | 1 (.5) | 39 | 1 (.6) | 26 | ||
| Homicide | 2 (1) | 22, 40 | 0 | |||
| Occupational deatha | 2 (1) | 30, 40 | 0 | |||
| Hit by a car | 1 (.5) | 16 | 0 | |||
| Fall from roof | 1 (.5) | 24 | 0 | |||
| Other | 1 (.5) | 34 | 1 (.6) | 36 | — | — |
| 9/11b | 0 | 1 (.6) | 36 | |||
| Unknown | 1 (.5) | 34 | 0 | |||
Note: AIDS = Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; FET = Fisher’s Exact Test.
a
One pilot died in a plane crash, one firefighter died in a fire.
b
Terrorist attack in New York City’s World Trade Center on 9/11/2001.