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Table 5 Descriptive data on Sicilian workers by residence category

From: Gravity models to classify commuting vs. resident workers. An application to the analysis of residential risk in a contaminated area

 

Commuters

Moved to Gela

Gela

N (workers)

3,234

709

1,684

Causes of death

N

N

N

All deaths

342

76

145

Neoplasms

101

23

53

Lung cancer

24

10

20

Employment & follow-up

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Age at employment

26.1 (5.7)

26.3 (5.4)

26.6 (6.6)

Age at the end of follow-up

58.3 (9.6)

59.7 (9.9)

56.6 (10.2)

Latencya

32.2 (9.2)

33.4 (9.7)

30 (9.2)

Job title

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Blue collar

1,665 (51.5)

253 (37.7)

1,067 (63.4)

White collar

727 (22.5)

263 (37.1)

188 (11.2)

Both

608 (18.8)

142 (20)

322 (19.1)

Missing

234 (7.2)

51 (7.2)

107 (6.3)

  1. aPeriod from hiring to the end of follow-up (duration of follow-up.)