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Occup Environ Med 57:94-97 doi:10.1136/oem.57.2.94
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Risk of mortality, cancer incidence, and stroke in a population potentially exposed to cadmium

Table 3

Geographical study, men and women combined (SMR, 1981–92 and SIR, 1974–89 for selected end points in Shipham and Hutton, standardised for age, sex, and Carstairs quintile with the South West Region as the reference population)

Cause (ICD-9) Shipham Hutton
Observed SMR 95% CI Observed SMR 95% CI
All cause mortality 138 84 71  to  100 498 99 91  to  108
 Cerebrovascular mortality 20 87 56 to 135 63 96 75  to  122
Cancer incidence: SIR SIR
 All cancers 86 110 89 to 136 330 132 119 to 147
  Lung 11 115 64 to 208 43 133 98 to 179
  Breast, female 7 73 35 to 152 37 126 91 to 174
  Genitourinary tract  243-150 160 107 to 239 75 153 122 to 192
   Prostate  123-150 257 146 to 452 21 132 86 to 202
   Ovary 5 257 107 to 618 9 148 77 to 285
   Cervix or uterus 3 113 36 to 350 10 119 64 to 222
   Bladder 4 112 42 to 298 26 223 152 to 328
  • 3-150 Includes one case of probable pancreatic cancer, apparently miscoded as prostate cancer. Results without this case are: for genitourinary cancer (n=23), SIR=154 (102–231), and for prostate cancer (n=11), SIR=235 (130–425)

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