Table 2 Standardised Mortality Ratios (SMR) by period of follow-up for all Korean War veterans

All deaths

383

360.1

1.06 (0.96, 1.18)

674

680.7

0.99 (0.92, 1.07)

1435

1343.3

1.07 (1.01, 1.12)

2590

2168.4

1.19 (1.15, 1.24)

2432

2240.0

1.09 (1.04, 1.13)

Cancers

31

42.0

0.74 (0.52, 1.05)

109

116.4

0.94 (0.78, 1.13)

381

339.1

1.12 (1.02, 1.24)

985

745.1

1.32 (1.24, 1.41)

964

825.8

1.17 (1.10, 1.24)

Lung cancer

2

4.5

0.44 (0.11, 1.77)

24

27.4

0.88 (0.59, 1.31)

152

107.4

1.42 (1.21, 1.66)

317

230.2

1.38 (1.23, 1.54)

303

223.2

1.36 (1.21, 1.52)

Colorectal cancer

3

4.5

0.66 (0.21, 2.05)

14

14.8

0.95 (0.56, 1.60)

40

45.7

0.87 (0.64, 1.19)

129

100.5

1.28 (1.08, 1.53)

111

106.4

1.04 (0.87, 1.26)

Circulatory diseases

62

73.4

0.85 (0.66, 1.09)

256

277.8

0.92 (0.82, 1.04)

669

637.7

1.05 (0.97, 1.13)

1015

942.1

1.08 (1.01, 1.15)

890

880.2

1.01 (0.95, 1.08)

Ischemic heart disease

27

35.5

0.76 (0.52, 1.10)

180

195.5

0.92 (0.80, 1.07)

471

470.3

1.00 (0.92, 1.10)

725

666.4

1.09 (1.01, 1.17)

547

565.9

0.97 (0.89, 1.05)

Stroke

15

14.3

1.05 (0.63, 1.74)

31

41.3

0.75 (0.53, 1.07)

88

87.7

1.00 (0.81, 1.24)

145

130.1

1.11 (0.95, 1.31)

168

153.3

1.10 (0.94, 1.27)

External causes

256

176.9

1.45 (1.28, 1.64)

215

166.4

1.29 (1.13, 1.48)

179

135.2

1.32 (1.14, 1.53)

109

96.7

1.13 (0.93, 1.36)

54

57.7

0.94 (0.72, 1.22)

Motor vehicle accidents

87

80.5

1.08 (0.88, 1.33)

51

60.8

0.84 (0.64, 1.10)

39

43.6

0.89 (0.65, 1.22)

28

24.6

1.14 (0.79, 1.65)

7

12.2

0.57 (0.27, 1.20)

Suicides

38

33.4

1.14 (0.83, 1.56)

48

46.5

1.03 (0.78, 1.37)

53

39.3

1.35 (1.03, 1.77)

42

33.4

1.26 (0.93, 1.70)

28

18.5

1.51 (1.05, 2.19)