Table 3
Cancer mortality among occupational subgroups of male workers in Swedish sulfate mills
| Cancer site (number of all cases) |
Occupational subgroup (number of exposed cases) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maintenance workers n=299 | Wood room workers n=121 | Sawmill workers n=234 | Bleaching plant/ Digester house n=74 | Soda recovery plant n=61 | Others n=214 | |
| Stomach or oesophagus (n=114): | ||||||
| n | 18 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| OR | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 90% CI | 0.9 to 2.2 | 0.4 to 2.0 | 0.9 to 2.3 | 0.8 to 2.2 | ||
| Lung (n=73): | ||||||
| n | 12 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| OR | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 | |
| 90% CI | 0.9 to 2.8 | 0.6 to 3.1 | 0.96 to 3.1 | 0.6 to 4.3 | 0.7 to 2.6 | |
| Brain (n=22): | ||||||
| n | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| OR | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | |||
| 90% CI | 1.4 to 7.6 | 1.4 to 12 | 1.5 to 8.5 | |||
| Lymphomas (n=24): | ||||||
| n | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| OR | 1.4 | 2.5 | ||||
| 90% CI | 0.6 to 3.3 | 0.9 to 6.9 | ||||
| Leukaemias (n=33): | ||||||
| n | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| OR | 0.7 | 2.8 | 5.9 | |||
| 90% CI | 0.3 to 1.8 | 1.04 to 7.5 | 2.6 to 13 | |||
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ORs (90% CIs) are crude.
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Values were not analyzed when there were less then three exposed cases.
