Mortality of a Police Cohort: 1950-2005

Vena, John E.; Charles, Luenda E.; Gu, Ja K.; Burchfiel, Cecil M.; Andrew, Michael E.; Fekedulegn, Desta; Violanti, John M.

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Mortality of a Police Cohort: 1950-2005

Published Date:

Mar 2014

Source:

J Law Enforc Leadersh Ethics. 1(1):7-20.

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Personal Authors:

Vena, John E. ; Charles, Luenda E. ; Gu, Ja K. ; Burchfiel, Cecil M. ; Andrew, Michael E. ; ... More ▼

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Pubmed ID:

26690719

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4681405

Description:

Background

The authors conducted a retrospective cohort mortality study on police officers from 1950-2005.

Methods

Standardized Mortality Ratio (SMR) analyses were conducted separately for white male (n=2761), black (n=286), and female (n=259) officers.

Results

Mortality from all causes of death combined for white male officers was significantly higher than expected (SMR=1.20; 95% confidence interval (CI) =1.14-1.26). Increased mortality was also seen for all malignant neoplasms combined (SMR=1.32; 1.19-1.46), all benign neoplasms combined (SMR=2.50; 1.08-4.93), and all diseases of the circulatory system combined (SMR=1.11; 1.02-1.19). The elevated mortality for all malignant neoplasms was primarily due to statistically significant excesses in cancers of the esophagus, colon, respiratory system, Hodgkin’s disease and leukemia. Black officers had lower than expected mortality from all causes (SMR=0.45; 0.18-0.92) while female officers had elevated all-cause mortality (SMR=2.17; 1.12-3.79).

Conclusions

Findings of increased risk for malignant neoplasms should be replicated and studied in relation to measured risk factors.

Document Type:

Journal Article

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CDC Public Access

Funding:

CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States

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