Table 2. Follow-up and vital status at the end of follow-up (31 December 2007) for eligiblea cohort members by case status.

	Haematopoietic malignancy
Vital status at end of follow-up	Yes	No	Total
Alive	17	5667	5684
Noncancer deaths	24	12 624	12 648
Cancer deaths	123b	2219c	2343
Unknown cause of death	3	1461	1464
Lost to follow-up	3	6082	6085d
Total	170	28 053	28 223

^aExcludes 1119 cohort members who had died or were lost to follow-up prior to 1 January 1953 and 388 who did not live in the catchment area at any time during the follow-up period.

^bIncludes 114 deaths from haematopoietic malignancies.

^cIncludes nine haematopoietic malignancy deaths among people with a prior solid cancer diagnosis.

^dIncludes 4183 cohort members who were known to have moved away from the Oblasts and 1902 people who were last known to be alive and living in the Oblasts prior to 2007.