Table 1.
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.