Table 2.
Disease and person-year data of firefighters, general workers, national regional government officers, and public educational officers.
| Number | Disease | Firefighter | Control group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General workers | NRGs, PEOs | ||||||
| Cases | PY | Cases | PY | Cases | PY | ||
| 1 | NIHL | 89 | 236,441 | 11,192 | 61,105,178 | 812 | 4,635,670 |
| 2 | IHD | 1,464 | 226,707 | 351,941 | 58,662,879 | 37,072 | 4,362,700 |
| 3 | Myocardial infarction | 157 | 236,025 | 47,005 | 60,882,490 | 4,207 | 4,613,857 |
| 4 | Cerebral infarction | 320 | 234,820 | 108,893 | 60,454,972 | 10,161 | 4,568,580 |
| 5 | Cerebral hemorrhage | 112 | 236,325 | 33,933 | 60,984,961 | 2,743 | 4,624,136 |
| 6 | Asthma | 2,725 | 215,129 | 657,276 | 56,115,920 | 53,344 | 4,214,524 |
| 7 | COPD | 446 | 234,120 | 127,193 | 60,351,753 | 11,641 | 4,563,050 |
| 8 | Cancer | 919 | 231,728 | 250,137 | 59,860,270 | 26,259 | 4,485,518 |
| 9 | Back pain | 9,791 | 163,993 | 2,191,515 | 45,770,680 | 165,913 | 3,447,576 |
| 10 | Admission due to injury | 4,479 | 210,593 | 756,235 | 56,916,312 | 47,610 | 4,372,331 |
| 11 | Mental illness | 3,078 | 212,454 | 693,428 | 56,100,241 | 61,252 | 4,156,905 |
| 12 | Depression | 857 | 230,659 | 174,393 | 59,929,016 | 16,847 | 4,508,904 |
| 13 | AH | 1,169 | 230,800 | 311,862 | 59,536,633 | 25,299 | 4,504,079 |
| 14 | All cause deaths | 251 | 237,007 | 113,225 | 61,179,099 | 7,417 | 4,641,439 |
PY, person-year; NIHL, noise-induced hearing loss; IHD, ischemic heart disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; AH, avoidable hospitalization; NRG, national and regional government officer; PEO, public educational officer.