Cause specific mortality by period of hire, men only, Richmond and El Segundo refineries, 1950–95
| Hired before 1949 | Hired on or after 1949 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of death (ICDA-8) | Obs | SMR | Obs | SMR |
| *p<0.05; **p<0.01. | ||||
| At risk (n) | 5334 | 11669 | ||
| Person-years | 178755.6 | 253664.9 | ||
| All causes of death (001 to 999) | 3600 | 84.6** | 1222 | 82.7** |
| All malignant neoplasms (140 to 209) | 804 | 85.2** | 325 | 94.2 |
| Cancer of buccal cavity and pharynx (140 to 149) | 18 | 70.1 | 4 | 39.8 |
| Cancer of digestive organs and peritoneum (150 to 159) | 203 | 82.2** | 64 | 78.5 |
| Cancer of oesophagus (150) | 24 | 107.9 | 13 | 137.8 |
| Cancer of stomach (151) | 39 | 89.6 | 7 | 54.4 |
| Cancer of large intestine (153) | 66 | 78.5* | 22 | 85.7 |
| Cancer of rectum (154) | 27 | 111.2 | 3 | 45.2 |
| Cancer of biliary passages and liver (155 to 156) | 8 | 42.8** | 3 | 31.8* |
| Cancer of pancreas (157) | 34 | 66.8* | 12 | 68.7 |
| Cancer of respiratory system (160 to 163) | 243 | 77.5** | 135 | 111.2 |
| Cancer of larynx (161) | 16 | 143.9 | 2 | 51.3 |
| Cancer of bronchus, trachea, lung (162) | 218 | 72.9** | 131 | 112.9 |
| Cancer of prostate (men only) (185) | 91 | 87.4 | 18 | 97.5 |
| Cancer of kidney (189) | 16 | 75.3 | 14 | 147.3 |
| Cancer of bladder and other urinary organs (188, 189.9) | 28 | 86.1 | 1 | 15.3* |
| Malignant melanoma of skin (172 except scrotum) | 16 | 134.0 | 9 | 93.3 |
| Cancer of nervous system (191 to 192) | 27 | 125.3 | 16 | 117.7 |
| Cancer of bone (170) | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Cancer of all lymphatic, haematopoietic tissue (200 to 209) | 103 | 117.0 | 28 | 73.3 |
| Lymphosarcoma and reticulosarcoma (200) | 18 | 125.9 | 4 | 99.1 |
| Hodgkin's disease (201) | 3 | 58.8 | 5 | 150.6 |
| Leukaemia and aleukaemia (204 to 207) | 41 | 115.3 | 6 | 41.0* |
| Cancer of all other lymphopoietic tissue (202, 203, 208, and 209) | 41 | 123.6 | 13 | 80.1 |
| Benign neoplasms (210 to 239) | 12 | 114.5 | 5 | 130.0 |
| Diabetes mellitus (250) | 36 | 69.4* | 9 | 44.8** |
| Cerebrovascular disease (430 to 438) | 265 | 85.5* | 29 | 54.9** |
| All heart disease (390 to 398, 400.1, 400.9, 402, 404, 410 to 414, 420 to 429) | 1516 | 87.3** | 397 | 93.8 |
| Ischaemic heart disease (410 to 414) | 1361 | 86.9** | 340 | 98.2 |
| Hypertension with heart disease (400.1, 400.9, 402, 404) | 26 | 71.1 | 5 | 33.7** |
| Hypertension without heart disease (400, 400.2, 400.3, 401, 403) | 7 | 57.0 | 1 | 39.5 |
| Non-malignant respiratory disease (460 to 519) | 285 | 75.8** | 73 | 90.4 |
| Influenza and pneumonia (470 to 474 and 480 to 486) | 122 | 80.4* | 24 | 82.3 |
| Emphysema (492) | 38 | 47.5** | 9 | 71.8 |
| Cirrhosis (571) | 75 | 65.9** | 49 | 65.0** |
| All external causes of death (e800 to e999) | 188 | 75.3** | 212 | 76.3** |
| Motor vehicle accidents (e810 to e823) | 42 | 63.9** | 69 | 85.7 |
| Suicides (e950 to e959) | 73 | 99.4 | 62 | 89.6 |