Mortality of chrome platers and controls, 1972–97
| Cause of death | ICD-8 | Chrome platers | Comparison workers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obs | Exp | SMR (95% CI) | Obs | Exp | SMR (95% CI) | ||||
| Men: | |||||||||
| Cancers: | |||||||||
| Stomach | 150 | 12 | 7.1 | 168 (87 to 294) | 5 | 8.0 | 63 (20 to 146) | ||
| Large intestine | 153 | 8 | 6.0 | 134 (58 to 265) | 9 | 6.8 | 133 (61 to 253) | ||
| Rectum | 154 | 6 | 3.9 | 154 (56 to 334) | 3 | 4.4 | 68 (14 to 198) | ||
| Nose and sinuses | 160 | 1 | 0.15 | 687 (17 to 3830) | 0 | 0.17 | 0 — | ||
| Larynx | 161 | 1 | 0.9 | 117 (3 to 650) | 1 | 1.0 | 102 (3 to 569) | ||
| Lung and bronchus | 162 | 602-165 | 32.5 | 185 (141 to 238) | 47 | 36.9 | 127 (94 to 169) | ||
| Pleura | 163.1 | 1 | 0.48 | 207 (5 to 1152) | 72-165 | 0.57 | 1235 (497 to 2545) | ||
| Prostate | 185 | 7 | 6.6 | 106 (43 to 219) | 7 | 7.3 | 96 (38 to 197) | ||
| Bladder | 188 | 3 | 3.5 | 86 (18 to 252) | 6 | 3.9 | 154 (56 to 335) | ||
| All other neoplasms | rem 140–239 | 23 | 29.1 | 79 (50 to 119) | 33 | 33.3 | 99 (68 to 139) | ||
| All neoplasms | 140–239 | 1222-160 | 90.2 | 135 (112 to 162) | 118 | 102.3 | 115 (95 to 138) | ||
| All non-cancers | 241 | 217.4 | 111 (97 to 126) | 238 | 241.8 | 98 (86 to 112) | |||
| All causes | 3632-160 | 307.6 | 118 (106 to 131) | 356 | 344.1 | 103 (93 to 115) | |||
| Women: | |||||||||
| Cancers: | |||||||||
| Stomach | 150 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 — | 1 | 0.7 | 146 (4 to 816) | ||
| Large intestine | 153 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 — | 1 | 1.2 | 86 (2 to 480) | ||
| Rectum | 154 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 — | 1 | 0.5 | 203 (5 to 1133) | ||
| Nose and sinuses | 160 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 — | 0 | 0.02 | 0 — | ||
| Larynx | 161 | 0 | 0.04 | 0 — | 0 | 0.04 | 0 — | ||
| Lung and bronchus | 162 | 2 | 2.1 | 96 (12 to 346) | 3 | 2.5 | 121 (25 to 352) | ||
| Pleura | 163.1 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 — | 0 | 0.02 | 0 — | ||
| Bladder | 188 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 — | 1 | 0.3 | 387 (10 to 2158) | ||
| All other neoplasms | rem 140–239 | 7 | 7.9 | 89 (36 to 183) | 4 | 9.2 | 43 (12 to 111) | ||
| All neoplasms | 140–239 | 9 | 12.3 | 73 (33 to 139) | 11 | 14.5 | 76 (38 to 136) | ||
| All non-cancers | 392-160 | 23.1 | 169 (120 to 231) | 38 | 28.8 | 132 (93 to 181) | |||
| All causes | 482-150 | 35.4 | 136 (100 to 180) | 49 | 43.3 | 113 (84 to 150) | |||