Mortality results* for employees of a Canadian petroleum company, by gender, 1964–94
| Cause of death (ICD codes, 8th revision) | Males | Females | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O/E | SMR (95% CI) | O/E | SMR (95% CI) | |
| *Expected deaths based on Canadian general population mortality rates. | ||||
| †95% CI does not include 1.00. | ||||
| O/E, observed/expected. | ||||
| All causes of death (000–999) | 462/711.86† | 0.65 (0.59 to 0.71) | 109/158.91† | 0.69 (0.56 to 0.83) |
| Infective & parasitic diseases (000–136) | 3/23.59† | 0.13 (0.03 to 0.37) | 0/1.90 | – |
| Malignant neoplasms (140–209) | 123/163.42† | 0.75 (0.63 to 0.90) | 56/65.80 | 0.85 (0.64 to 1.10) |
| Oesophagus (150) | 2/4.19 | – | 1/0.42 | – |
| Stomach (151) | 4/7.46 | 0.54 (0.15 to 1.37) | 0/1.67 | – |
| Large intestine (except rectum) (153) | 14/14.07 | 1.00 (0.54 to 1.67) | 2/4.99 | 0.40 (0.05 to 1.45) |
| Rectum and rectosigmoid junction (154) | 4/4.62 | – | 1/1.10 | – |
| Liver (155.0) | 0/1.98 | – | 0/0.31 | – |
| Gall bladder (156) | 4/0.94† | 4.28 (1.17 to 10.95) | 0/0.52 | – |
| Pancreas (157) | 4/7.81 | 0.51 (0.14 to 1.31) | 1/2.07 | – |
| Nose & sinuses (160) | 2/0.35 | – | 0/0.7 | – |
| Bronchus & lung (162.1) | 35/49.81† | 0.70 (0.49 to 0.98) | 7/10.85 | 0.64 (0.26 to 1.33) |
| Pleura (163.0) | 0/0.48 | – | 0/0.07 | – |
| Bone (170) | 0/0.95 | – | 0/0.25 | – |
| Malignant melanoma (172) | 3/4.52 | – | 1/1.37 | – |
| Breast (174) | 0/0.18 | – | 20/18.45 | 1.08 (0.66 to 1.67) |
| Cervix uteri (180) | 3/2.97 | – | ||
| Corpus uteri (182.0) | 0/0.51 | – | ||
| Ovary, fallopian tube, & broad ligaments (183) | 7/4.03 | 1.74 (0.70 to 3.58) | ||
| Prostate (185) | 1/4.61 | – | ||
| Testis (186) | 3/1.61 | – | ||
| Bladder (188) | 2/2.30 | – | 0/0.32 | – |
| Kidney (189.0–189.2) | 3/4.79 | – | 1/0.92 | – |
| Brain (malignant) (191) | 11/9.29 | 1.18 (0.59 to 2.12) | 2/2.60 | – |
| Malignant CNS tumours (excluding brain) (192) | 1/0.44 | – | 1/0.14 | – |
| All nervous system neoplasms (malignant, benign & unspec.) (191, 192, 225, 238) | 12/11.02 | 1.09 (0.56 to 1.90) | 3/3.19 | – |
| Reticulum cell sarcoma (200.0) | 0/0.62 | – | 0/0.16 | – |
| Lymphosarcoma (200.1) | 0/0.73 | – | 1/0.18 | – |
| Hodgkin’s disease (201) | 3/2.50 | – | 1/0.63 | – |
| Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (200, 202.0, 202.2) | 5/7.45 | 0.67 (0.22 to 1.57) | 3/1.94 | – |
| Other lymphoid neoplasms (202.1, 202.9) | 1/0.45 | – | 0/0.11 | – |
| Multiple myeloma (203) | 1/2.16 | – | 0/0.63 | – |
| Leukaemias (204–207) | 7/8.18 | 0.86 (0.34 to 1.76) | 2/2.63 | – |
| Acute non-lymphocytic leukaemia (205.0, 206.0, 207.2) | 4/2.48 | – | 0/0.95 | – |
| Acute lymphoid leukaemia (204.0) | 1/0.90 | – | 0/0.28 | – |
| Chronic lymphoid leukaemia (204.1) | 1/0.75 | – | 0/0.12 | – |
| Acute myeloid (myelomonocytic) leukaemia (205.0) | 3/2.37 | – | 0/0.90 | – |
| Chronic myeloid leukaemia (205.1) | 1/1.46 | – | 0/0.43 | – |
| Other leukaemia (204.9, 205.9, 206.1, 206.9, 207.0–207.1, 207.9) | 0/2.57 | – | 2/0.84 | – |
| Benign neoplasms (210–228) | 0/0.54 | – | 0/0.28 | – |
| Endocrine, nutritional, & metabolic diseases (240–279) | 14/14.68 | 0.95 (0.52 to 1.60) | 3/3.83 | – |
| Diabetes mellitus (250) | 3/9.75† | 0.31 (0.06 to 0.90) | 3/2.62 | – |
| Aids (275.1) | 9/20.00† | 0.45 (0.21 to 0.85) | 0/0.50 | – |
| Blood diseases (280–289) | 0/1.47 | – | 0/0.60 | – |
| Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (348.0) | 1/1.58 | – | 1/0.43 | – |
| Circulatory diseases (390–458) | 112/183.20† | 0.61 (0.50 to 0.74) | 22/28.46 | 0.77 (0.48 to 1.17) |
| Acute myocardial infarction (410) | 47/85.75† | 0.55 (0.40 to 0.73) | 4/8.58 | 0.47 (0.13 to 1.19) |
| Cerebrovasular disease (430–438) | 13/20.76 | 0.63 (0.33 to 1.07) | 8/7.59 | 1.05 (0.46 to 2.08) |
| Diseases of arteries, arterioles, & capillaries (440–448) | 5/6.68 | 0.75 (0.24 to 1.75) | 2/1.26 | – |
| Aortic aneurysm (441) | 4/3.84 | – | 1/0.47 | – |
| Respiratory diseases (460–519) | 15/22.03 | 0.68 (0.38 to 1.12) | 2/5.90 | 0.34 (0.04 to 1.22) |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (519.3) | 2/5.25 | 0.38 (0.05 to 1.38) | 1/1.08 | – |
| Digestive diseases (520–577) | 21/31.66 | 0.66 (0.41 to 1.01) | 4/6.69 | 0.60 (0.16 to 1.53) |
| Cirrhosis of liver (571) | 13/20.05 | 0.65 (0.35 to 1.11) | 3/3.52 | – |
| Diseases of pancreas (577) | 2/1.77 | – | 0/0.30 | – |
| Genitourinary diseases (580–629) | 3/4.46 | – | 0/1.52 | – |
| Kidney diseases (580–593) | 3/4.08 | – | 0/1.33 | – |
| Accidents, poisonings, & violence (E800–E999) | 153/222.20† | 0.69 (0.58 to 0.81) | 13/31.67† | 0.41 (0.22 to 0.70) |
| Suicide (E950–E959) | 44/69.84† | 0.63 (0.46 to 0.85) | 8/9.93 | 0.81 (0.35 to 1.59) |