Table 3.
Demographics of the Camp Lejeune and Camp Pendleton cohorts
| Factor |
Camp Lejeune |
Camp Pendleton |
|---|---|---|
| N = 154,932 | N = 154,969 | |
| Male |
94.8% |
96.4% |
| Female |
5.2% |
3.6% |
| “White” |
73.1% |
77.6% |
| African American |
24.2% |
17.0% |
| “other” or unknown |
2.7% |
5.4% |
| Median age, start of follow-up |
20 |
20 |
| Median age, end of follow-up |
49 |
49 |
| % ≥55 yrs, end of follow-up |
2.7% |
3.2% |
| Not a high school graduate |
11.3% |
14.7% |
| High school graduate |
84.9% |
80.5% |
| College graduate |
3.8% |
4.8% |
| Enlisted |
96.4% |
95.5% |
| Officer |
3.6% |
4.5% |
| Median months active duty service |
36 |
35 |
| Total deaths |
8,964 (5.8%) |
9,365 (6.0%) |
| % deaths occurring >1995 |
55.5% |
54.7% |
| Total lost to follow-up |
1,990 (1.3%) |
2,339 (1.5%) |
| Total person-years of follow-up | 4.14 million | 4.19 million |