Table 1

Cancer incidence (SIR) among exposed and unexposed subcohorts

Cancer diagnosisICD-7ExposedUnexposed lumberjacks, male (n=241) person-years=6694.0
Foremen (n=151-150)
person-years=345.3
Lumberjacks, male (n=139) person-years=4079.2Lumberjacks, female (n=103) person-years=3408.0
ObsExpSIR95% CIObsExpSIR95% CIObsExpSIR95% CIObsExpSIR95% CI
All sites140–20962.19274100 to 5961216.727237 to 1251214.608242 to 1443743.058661 to 118
Oral cavity143–14400.0100.0510.05200026 to 1112800.13
Stomcah15100.1921.3414917 to 53910.531892 to 105023.78536 to 191
Colon15300.1411.13881 to 49210.981021 to 56842.9113737 to 352
Rectum and anus15400.1210.891121 to 62500.5332.3912625 to 367
Liver primary15500.0520.4050056 to 180500.4011.05951 to 530
Pancreas15710.09111115 to 618200.6200.4521.6512114 to 438
Larynx16100.0300.1700.0310.452223 to 1236
Bronchus and lung primary162.110.244175 to 231801.6710.462173 to 121054.3411537 to 269
Prostate17720.4346552 to 167933.498617 to 25149.404311 to 109
Kidney18000.1000.7100.4541.8621558 to 551
Bladder18110.1376910 to 428010.981021 to 56800.2612.53401 to 220
Melanoma19000.0400.3410.293455 to 191900.71
Other skin tumours19110.06166722 to 927300.5600.2631.5020040 to 584
Brain19300.0600.4900.4511.09921 to 510
Unspecified of unknown site19900.0900.6900.6231.7617034 to 498
Haematopoetic tumours200–20900.1911.46681 to 38110.841192 to 66233.568417 to 246
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma20000.0110.521923 to 107010.333034 to 168611.23811 to 452
Multiple myeloma20300.0300.2500.1510.651542 to 856
  • 1-150 One of the 16 foremen died before 1958, so for the cancer incidence study only 15 people were left at risk.