Injury, intense dust exposure, and chronic disease among survivors of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001

Table 1 Demographic, Behavioral, and Exposure Characteristics of WTCHR enrollees who were South of Chambers Street on 9/11/2001, World Trade Center Health Registry, 2003-2012^a

Characteristics	All
Characteristics	N	%
Total	8701	100.0
Gender
Male	4457	51.2
Female	4244	48.8
Age at 9/11, Years
18–24	472	5.4
25–44	4867	56.0
45–54	2537	29.2
55+	814	9.4
Race/ethnic group
Non-Hispanic White	6008	69.1
on-Hispanic Black	1117	12.8
Hispanic	861	9.9
Asian	475	5.5
Other	240	2.8
Education
Less than high school or high school	1172	13.5
Some college	1661	19.2
College or post grad	5830	67.3
Study Recruitment Source
List	1595	18.3
Self	7106	81.7
Body Mass Index
Normal Weight	2690	31.8
Overweight	3356	39.7
Obese	2410	28.5
Smoking
Never	5019	58.8
Former	2710	31.7
Current	813	9.5
High Blood Pressure
Yes	2300	26.4
No	6401	73.6
Dust Cloud Exposure
Intense	3595	41.3
Some/None	5106	58.7
Number of Injury Types
None	7604	87.4
1	854	9.8
2	185	2.1
3+	58	0.7
PTSD at Wave 1
Yes	1197	14.0
No	7342	86.0
Eligibility Group
Rescue/Recovery Worker	249	2.9
Resident	131	1.5
Area Worker	7503	86.2
Passersby	818	9.4
Student/Staff	0	0.0

^aNumber of missing values: Gender 0, Age 11, Race/Ethnicity 0, Education 38, Recruitment Source 0, Rescue/Recovery Worker 0, Resident 0, BMI 173, Smoking 159, High Blood Pressure 0, Dust Cloud 0, Number of Injuries 0, PTSD 162

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