Observed (Obs) and expected (Exp) number of cancers, and SIR (95% CI) among 426 female bookbinders, printers, photoengravers, and typesetters (8631.0 person-years), followed up during 1955–98
| Cancer sites (ICD-7) | Obs | Exp | SIR | 95% CI | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Higher | ||||||||
| All cancers (140–205) | 29 | 32.94 | 0.88 | 0.59 | 1.26 | ||||
| Stomach (151) | 1 | 1.22 | 0.82 | 0.01 | 4.56 | ||||
| Colon (153) | 2 | 1.90 | 1.05 | 0.12 | 3.79 | ||||
| Rectum (154) | 1 | 0.72 | 1.40 | 0.02 | 7.77 | ||||
| Pancreas (157) | 2 | 0.79 | 2.54 | 0.29 | 9.16 | ||||
| Lung (162) | 4 | 3.19 | 1.25 | 0.34 | 3.21 | ||||
| Breast (170) | 4 | 8.94 | 0.45 | 0.12 | 1.15 | ||||
| Cervix uteri (171) | 1 | 1.79 | 0.56 | 0.01 | 3.11 | ||||
| Corpus uteri (172) | 2 | 1.67 | 1.20 | 0.13 | 4.33 | ||||
| Ovary (175) | 1 | 2.13 | 0.47 | 0.01 | 2.61 | ||||
| Kidney (180) | 1 | 1.02 | 0.98 | 0.01 | 5.45 | ||||
| Bladder (181) | 2 | 0.71 | 2.83 | 0.32 | 10.23 | ||||
| Skin melanoma (190) | 2 | 0.89 | 2.25 | 0.25 | 8.11 | ||||
| Other skin (191) | 0 | 0.54 | 0.00 | — | 6.83 | ||||
| Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (200, 202) | 0 | 0.62 | 0.00 | — | 5.92 | ||||
| All other sites (141, 152, 193, 194, 196, 197) | 6 | 6.81 | 0.88 | 0.32 | 1.92 | ||||