Death and hospital contact in a cohort from Thyboron-Harboore an environmentally contaminated site in Denmark.

ABSTRACT: We studied mortality and hospital contact in people from Thyborøn-Harboøre, an environmentally contaminated fishing community on the Danish West Coast. The population and a comparison group from other fishing communities on the Danish West Coast were identified from historical data in the Central Population Register. All persons were followed up for death and hospital contacts to March 2023. Event rates were compared with Poisson regression; adjusted rate ratios (aRR); and 95% confidence interval (CI). The old cohort included inhabitants in Thyborøn-Harboøre in 1968-1970 before pollution was controlled; 4914 persons/2485 deaths. All-cause mortality, aRR 1.06 (95% CI 1.01-1.11), and cancer mortality, aRR 1.17 (95% CI 1.05-1.30), were elevated; especially for kidney cancer aRR 1.82 (95% CI 1

SUBMITTER: Lynge E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11680778 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature