About the Registry

Who Is Enrolled

From 2003 to 2004, 71,437 people enrolled in the WTC Health Registry by completing an initial survey. Although more than 85% live in the New York City greater metropolitan area (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut) there are enrollees from every state and 15 other countries.

Download a map of all enrollees by state .
Download a map of rescue and recovery workers and volunteers by state .

More than 50% reported being caught in the dust and debris cloud from the WTC collapse.

Among enrollees, 28% met the criteria for more than one eligibility category, with the greatest overlap found among rescue/recovery workers and residents who were also present in Lower Manhattan on 9/11.

Among all enrollees on 9/11:

• More than 43,000 were building occupants and passers-by in Lower Manhattan south of Chambers Street, including 4,000 survivors of the collapsed WTC Towers.
• Close to 15,000 lived south of Canal Street in Lower Manhattan.
• Approximately 2,500 were children and staff in schools (pre K-12) south of Canal Street.
• About 31,000 were rescue, recovery and cleanup workers and volunteers at the WTC site, the Staten Island recovery operation site or on the barges that carried debris between these two sites, at least one shift from September 11, 2001 to June 30, 2002. This includes more than 3,000 firefighters and close to 4,000 police officers.