World Trade Center (WTC) Responder Fatality Investigation Program
Total Number of Deaths = 614
- Two people had undetermined causes of death.
There were 12 deaths among military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan for whom death certificates could not be obtained. These deaths are not included in the tables below but are included in the final count.
| All Deaths | Line of Duty Deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |
| Total Traumatic | 146 | 100 | 27 | |
| Exposure to harmful substances or environments | 43 | |||
| Ingestion of substance | 38 | |||
| Transportation incident | 41 | 8 | ||
| Highway transportation incident | 34 | 4 | ||
| Fires and explosions | 13 | 9 | ||
| Fires | 10 | 7 | ||
| Assaults and violent acts | 47 | 10 | ||
| Assaults by other person(s) | 14 | 10 | ||
| Self-inflicted injuries | 33 | |||
Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately.
| N | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Illness Deaths | 454 | 100 |
| Infectious and parasitic diseases | 19 | |
| Hepatitis C | 9 | |
| HIV | 8 | |
| Neoplasms | 249 | |
| Lip, oral cavity and pharynx | 5 | |
| Digestive organs and peritoneum | 75 | |
| Esophageal | (14) | |
| Gastric | (9) | |
| Colon | (18) | |
| Liver | (9) | |
| Pancreas | (21) | |
| Respiratory and intrathoracic organs | 60 | |
| Lung | (54) | |
| Skin | 9 | |
| Melanoma | (9) | |
| Breast and female genital organs | 14 | |
| Breast | (8) | |
| Male genital organs | 7 | |
| Prostate | (7) | |
| Urinary organs | 15 | |
| Renal cell | (9) | |
| Bladder | (5) | |
| Nervous system | 15 | |
| Brain | (14) | |
| Ill-defined, secondary and unspecified | 12 | |
| Unknown Site | (9) | |
| Lymphoid, haematopoietic | 31 | |
| Lymphoma | (11) | |
| Lymphoid Leukemia | (5) | |
| Myeloid Leukemia | (7) | |
| Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases | 9 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 6 | |
| Nervous System | 5 | |
| Circulatory system | 114 | |
| Hypertensive disease | 12 | |
| Ischemic heart disease | 55 | |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction | (16) | |
| Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease | (39) | |
| Other forms of heart disease | 17 | |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 17 | |
| Disease of arteries, arterioles and capillaries | 7 | |
| Disease of veins, lymph, nec | 5 | |
| Respiratory system | 22 | |
| Influenza and Pneumonia | 9 | |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 7 | |
| Digestive system | 17 | |
| Liver | 11 | |
| Cirrhosis | (9) | |
| Genitourinary | 7 | |
| Renal failure | 5 |
Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately.
