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. 2020 Jan 22;17(3):728. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030728

Table 1.

Characteristics of firefighters.

Characteristics Category N %
Number of Participants Total 5196
Sex Male 4803 92.44
Female 393 7.56
Age (Mean ± SD) 38.14 ± 8.68
Job position 1 Low 2594 56.85
Middle 2207 42.48
High 35 0.67
Education High school 997 19.20
College 1733 33.37
University 2277 43.85
Graduate school 72 1.39
Drinking Yes 3823 73.62
No 1370 26.38
Smoking Yes 1462 28.15
No 3731 71.85
Shift-type 3 circuit 517 9.95
21 circuit 4679 90.05
City size Large city 2038 42.49
Small town 2758 57.51
Exercise training ≥150 2324 46.37
(min/week) <150 2688 53.63

1 Low job position includes firefighter, senior fireman; Middle job position includes fire sergeant, fire lieutenant, fire captain; High job position includes assistant fire chief, fire chief, above fire sub-deputy chief.