Table 3

Observed (Obs) and expected (Exp) number of cancers, SIR (95% CI) among 265 pilots (5696.0 person-years 1955–97) ever employed at Icelandair

Cancer sites (ICD-7) Obs Exp SIR 95% CI
All cancers (140-205)1916.431.160.70 to 1.81
Oesophagus (150)00.260.00— to 14.11
Colon (153)01.100.00— to 3.33
Gall bladder (155.1)10.0812.500.16 to 69.55
Lung (162)22.240.890.10 to 3.22
Prostate (177)42.841.410.38 to 3.61
Kidney (180)20.992.020.23 to 7.29
Malignant melanoma of the skin (190)50.3215.635.04 to 36.46
Eye (192)10.0714.290.19 to 79.48
Brain (193)20.762.630.30 to 9.50
Thyroid (194)10.442.270.03 to 12.64
Unspecified sites (199)00.330.00— to 11.12
Leukaemia (204)10.402.500.03 to 13.91
 Acute myeloid leukaemia (204)10.175.880.08 to 32.73
  • Footnotes as for table 2.