Table 2.
The causes of death in the cohorts of coal miners with and without coal-workers´ pneumoconiosis (CWP).
| Cohort | Coal Miners with CWP | Coal Miners without CWP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of Death According Diagnoses | Deaths | Age at Death (Years) | Exposure (Years) | Deaths | Age at Death (Years) | Exposure (Years) |
| (ICD-10) | N (%) | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | N (%) | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD |
| Malignant neoplasms (C00–C97) | 284 (32%) | 66.7 ± 10.5 | 23.9 ± 9.2 | 437 (33%) | 61.1 ± 7.4 | 26.0 ± 5.5 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system (I00–I99) | 332 (37%) | 70.2 ± 11.4 | 24.7 ± 8.5 | 473 (36%) | 60.9 ± 7.3 | 25.7 ± 5.5 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (J00–J99) | 122 (14%) | 70.5 ± 10.9 | 24.3 ± 9.3 | 77 (6%) | 61.1 ± 8.5 | 26.8 ± 5.5 |
| Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K93) | 56 (6%) | 59.0 ± 10.8 | 20.4 ± 8.4 | 126 (9%) | 57.5 ± 7.8 | 24.7 ± 4.9 |
| Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00–T98) | 51 (6%) | 56.4 ± 14.1 | 18.4 ± 7.4 | 130 (10%) | 53.4 ± 9.1 | 23.1 ± 6.1 |
| Other | 44 (5%) | 67.0 ± 11.2 | 22.9 ± 8.9 | 77 (6%) | 60.9 ± 7.8 | 25.1 ± 5.7 |
| p-value (analysis of variance ANOVA) | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
ICD = International Classification of Diseases, CWP-coal-workers’ pneumoconiosis, N = numbers, SD = standard deviation.