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. "Appendix D Calculation of Expected Number of Deaths in the US Air Force Ranch Hand Morbidity Study Cohort over the Next 10 Years." Disposition of the Air Force Health Study. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2006.

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Disposition of the Air Force Health Study

TABLE D-9 A Disease That Contributes 3 Percent to the Total Number of Deaths: Estimated Number of Deaths and Power to Detect Various Relative Risks with an Additional 10 Years of Follow-Up

	Ranch Hand Cohort	Comparison Cohort
Estimated* number of deaths in cohort by 2015	15	21
Power to detect relative risks of:
1.2	18.4	22.2
1.5	54.0	66.3
2.0	94.2	98.5
*The estimated number of deaths from ailment before 2005 plus estimated number of deaths between 2005–2015.

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NCHS (National Center for Health Statistics). 2004a. Deaths, Percent of Total Deaths, and Death Rates for the 15 Leading Causes of Death in 5-Year Age Groups, by Race and Sex: United States, 2001. [Online]. Available: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/LCWK1_2001.pdf [accessed October 11, 2005].

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