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Cohort R4: Prisoners of War - WWII and the Korean War
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Title: Cohort R4: Prisoners of War
Summary: A cohort of 19,158 veterans (9,501 POWs; 9,657 controls) being followed for mortality. POWs were servicemen captured during World War II or the Korean War. World War II veterans are subdivided based upon theater of capture, either European or Pacific. Comparisons were selected from combat units in the same conflict and/or theater, in the same ratio as the exposed regarding officer/enlisted and ground/air troops. Extensive clinical data are available on a cohort subset that has been followed for morbidity.
References:
Cohen, BM, Cooper, MZ. A Follow-up Study of World War II Prisoners of War: VA Medical Monograph. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1955.
Nefzger, MD. Follow-up Studies of World War II and Korean War Prisoners: I. Study Plan and Mortality Findings. Am J Epidemiol 1970(Feb.);91:123-138.
Beebe, GW. Follow-up Studies of World War II and Korean War Prisoners: II. Morbidity, Disability, and Maladjustments. Am J Epidemiol 1975(May);101:400-422.
Keehn, RJ. Follow-up Studies of World War II and Korean Conflict Prisoners III. Mortality to 1 January 1976. Am J Epidemiol 1980(Feb.);111:194-211.
Page, WF. The Health of Former Prisoners of War: Results From the Medical Examination Survey of Former POW's of World War II and the Korean Conflict. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1992.
Keywords: prisoner of war; morbidity; mortality; Korea; World War II
Cohort Characteristics: 19,158 total records
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Data item |
Exposed (9,501) |
Comparison (9,657) |
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Military service number: |
100% complete |
100% complete |
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Social security number: |
51% complete |
35% complete |
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VA claim folder number: |
88% complete |
80% complete |
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Full name: |
100% complete |
100% complete |
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Sex: |
100% complete |
100% complete |
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Male: |
100% |
100% |
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Race: |
100% complete |
100% complete |
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White: |
92% |
94% |
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Black: |
4% |
4% |
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Unknown/other: |
4% |
4% |
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Date of birth: |
100% complete |
100% complete |
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Mean year of birth: |
1922 |
1922 |
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Median year of birth: |
1922 |
1921 |
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Year of birth range: |
1877-1939 |
1886-1939 |
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Vital status as of 1975 - |
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Crude mortality: |
15% |
14% |
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Date of death: |
100% complete |
100% complete |
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Immediate cause of death: |
33% complete |
29% complete |
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Rank: |
100% complete |
100% complete |
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Date of entry onto active duty: |
63% complete |
43% complete |
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Date of release from active duty: |
63% complete |
43% complete |
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Last Updated: 8/15/2005, 01:27 PM
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