Table 3 Standardised Mortality Ratios (SMR) by period of follow-up for all Vietnam War regular Army veterans
Follow-up | 0-9 years | 10-19 years | 20-29 years | 30+ years | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | O* | E†| SMR 95% CI | O | E | SMR 95% CI | O | E | SMR 95% CI | O | E | SMR 95% CI |
All deaths | 464 | 485.6 | 0.96 (0.87, 1.05) | 702 | 749.4 | 0.94 (0.87, 1.01) | 1256 | 1309.9 | 0.96 (0.91, 1.01) | 571 | 561.6 | 1.02 (0.94, 1.10) |
Cancers | 71 | 73.2 | 0.97 (0.77, 1.22) | 208 | 201.6 | 1.03 (0.90, 1.18) | 491 | 476.1 | 1.03 (0.94, 1.13) | 261 | 226.3 | 1.15 (1.02, 1.30) |
Lung cancer | 10 | 14.0 | 0.71 (0.38, 1.33) | 52 | 53.3 | 0.98 (0.74, 1.28) | 135 | 124.8 | 1.08 (0.91, 1.28) | 73 | 56.8 | 1.28 (1.02, 1.62) |
Colorectal cancer | 8 | 8.6 | 0.93 (0.47, 1.87) | 27 | 27.1 | 1.00 (0.68, 1.45) | 60 | 65.6 | 0.91 (0.71, 1.18) | 28 | 30.6 | 0.91 (0.63, 1.32) |
Circulatory diseases | 83 | 125.6 | 0.66 (0.53, 0.82) | 253 | 275.1 | 0.92 (0.81, 1.04) | 408 | 464.5 | 0.88 (0.80, 0.97) | 176 | 188.9 | 0.93 (0.80, 1.08) |
Ischemic heart disease | 57 | 85.5 | 0.67 (0.51, 0.86) | 209 | 198.5 | 1.05 (0.92, 1.21) | 302 | 322.0 | 0.94 (0.84, 1.05) | 120 | 125.2 | 0.96 (0.80, 1.15) |
Stroke | 14 | 19.2 | 0.73 (0.43, 1.23) | 21 | 35.2 | 0.60 (0.39, 0.92) | 52 | 63.4 | 0.82 (0.62, 1.08) | 28 | 30.0 | 0.93 (0.64, 1.35) |
External causes | 268 | 210.3 | 1.27 (1.13, 1.44) | 147 | 145.9 | 1.01 (0.86, 1.18) | 127 | 116.4 | 1.09 (0.92, 1.30) | 28 | 29.8 | 0.94 (0.65, 1.36) |
Motor vehicle accidents | 145 | 103.5 | 1.40 (1.19, 1.65) | 47 | 46.8 | 1.00 (0.75, 1.34) | 29 | 25.9 | 1.12 (0.78, 1.61) | 4 | 6.1 | 0.66 (0.25, 1.74) |
Suicides | 39 | 44.8 | 0.87 (0.64, 1.19) | 49 | 48.1 | 1.02 (0.77, 1.35) | 55 | 47.9 | 1.15 (0.88, 1.49) | 11 | 11.6 | 0.95 (0.52, 1.71) |