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. 2020 Nov 1;74(11):907–912. doi: 10.1136/jech-2020-214117

Table 1.

Summary of the UAW-GM cohort restricted to men employed in or after 1970

Full cohort Subset with complete work records†
N (person-years) 26 804 (931 435) 17 553 (565 712)
Race, n (%)
 Caucasian 19 348 (72%) 11 523 (66%)
 African American 5 250 (20%) 3 844 (22%)
 Unknown 2 206 (8%) 2 186 (12%)
Plant*, n (%)
 Plant 1 6 908 (26%) 6 341 (36%)
 Plant 2 10 293 (38%) 6 047 (34%)
 Plant 3 9 603 (36%) 5 165 (29%)
Complete work records 17 553 (65%) 17 553 (100%)
Year of hire 1967 (1956, 1975) 1963 (1952, 1969)
Age at hire 24 (20, 31) 26 (21, 34)
Year of birth 1942 (1927, 1950) 1933 (1922, 1946)
Year of worker exit 1991 (1981, 1995) 1984 (1977, 1991)
Age at worker exit 49 (40, 58) 53 (38, 61)
Age at death among deceased 69 (60, 79) 71 (61, 80)
Year of death among deceased 1999 (1989, 2008) 1997 (1988, 2006)
Suicide cases 202 171
Fatal overdose cases 55 32

*Some subjects worked at several sites; plant indicates the site of longest work record time.

†Left work by December 31, 1994 when employment records were truncated.

Statistics shown are median (first quartile, third quartile), unless otherwise indicated. UAW-GE, United Autoworkers-General Motors.