Table 1. Distributions of Sulfur Mustard Injuries Among Study Population by Age at Time of Exposure and Sex.
| Lesion category | No. (%) of exposed survivors | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male age, y | Female age, y | Total | |||||
| ≤21 | >21 | All | ≤21 | >21 | All | ||
| None | 9726 (38.6) | 8075 (37.2) | 17 801 (38.0) | 134 (32.1) | 142 (27.2) | 276 (29.4) | 18 077 (37.8) |
| Mild | 12 761 (50.6) | 10 626 (49.0) | 23 387 (49.9) | 225 (54.0) | 310 (59.3) | 535 (56.9) | 23 922 (50.0) |
| Moderate | 2435 (9.7) | 2691 (12.4) | 5126 (10.9) | 52 (12.5) | 66 (12.6) | 118 (12.6) | 5244 (11.0) |
| Severe | 274 (1.1) | 301 (1.4) | 575 (1.2) | 6 (1.4) | 5 (1.0) | 11 (1.2) | 586 (1.2) |
| Total | 25 196 (100) | 21 693 (100) | 46 889 (100) | 417 (100) | 523 (100) | 940 (100) | 47 829 (100) |
| P value for χ2 for trend | <.001 | <.001 | |||||