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Table 1 Summary characteristics

From: Incidence of cancer among licenced commercial pilots flying North Atlantic routes

 

Icelandair pilots

Other pilots

All pilots

Number

286

265

551

Person-years

8514

8993

17,507

Year of birth, median (range)

1959 (1922–1978)

1946 (1901–1979)

1951

Year of license, median (range)

1987 (1944–2000)

1970 (1935–2004)

1977

Years of employment, median (range)

16 (1–43)

NA

NA

Cumulative air hours, median (range)

7961 (58–29,966)

NA

NA

Cumulative mSv, median (range)

22.55 (0.28–83.20)

NA

NA

Cumulative mSv up to age of 40 years, median (range)

5.80 (0–17.17)

NA

NA

  1. Abbreviations: MilliSievert (mSv), and not available (NA)