Comparison of Mortality of Union Carbide Employees in Oak Ridge Atomic Energy Facilities with US Bureau of Vital Statistis Mortality

摘要

The total number of deaths experienced by Union Carbide employees in the three Oak Ridge atomic energy facilities over the past 16 years, 1950 through 1965, was compared with the deaths which would be expected or predicted by applying US Bureau of Vital Statistics (BVS) mortality rates to the employee population over this period of time. There were 692 deaths among the plant population over this period, which involved over 200,000 man-years of employment. Based upon Bureau of Vital Statistics mortality rates, one would have predicted 992 deaths. It is therefore concluded that these employees are experiencing a significantly lower death rate than the average of the white population throughout the United States.