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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2016 Feb 3;147:44–49. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.01.025

Table 1.

Main characteristics of a cohort of individuals exposed under age of 18 years in Belarus to the Chernobyl fallout, follow-up 01.01.1997 – 31.12.2011

Characteristic # of subjects % PYR
Sex
 Men 5,752 48.6 69,521
 Women 6,095 51.4 73,447
Oblast of residence at the time of screening
 Gomel 7,275 61.4 87,486
 Minsk including Minsk city 3,500 29.6 42,417
 Mogilev 613 5.2 7,467
 Other 459 3.9 5,598
Age at the time of the accident, years
 0 – 9 7,359 62.1 89,679
 10 – 14 3,111 26.3 37,025
 15 – 18 1,377 11.6 16,264
Median age at the time of the accident, years (IQR) 7.9 (8.4)
Median attained age, years (IQR) 33.4 (8.5)
Total 11,847 100.0 142,968

PYR, person-years at risk; IQR, interquartile range