Table 1

Proportional mortality ratios (PMR) and standardised mortality ratios (SMR) by race and sex (Missouri Poultry Union, 1969–90)

Cause of death	Obs	All females	White females	Non-white females	All males	White males	Non-white males
SMR, PMR, and confidence intervals reported only for three or more deaths.
*Statistically significant at 95% level of confidence or higher.
All deaths	Obs	360	330	30	99	94	5
ICD 000–999	SMR	0.9*	–	–	1.0	–	–
		(0.8 to 0.9)	–	–	(0.8 to 1.2)	–	–
All cancers	Obs	118	110	8	18	17	1
(ICD 140–209)	PMR	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.7	0.7
		(0.9 to 1.2)	(0.9 to 1.3)	(0.4 to 2.0)	(0.4 to 1.2)	(0.4 to 1.2)	–
	SMR	0.9	–	–	0.7	–	–
		(0.8 to 1.1)	–	–	(0.4 to1.2)	–	–
All infective and parasitic diseases	Obs	7	7	0	2	2	0
All infective and parasitic diseases	PMR	1.4	2.0
(ICD 000–139)		(0.6 to 3.0)	(0.8 to 4.0)
	SMR	1.5
		(0.6 to 3.1)
Cancer of stomach	Obs	1	1	0	2	2	0
(ICD 151)
Cancer of colon	Obs	15	15	0	2	2	0
(ICD 153)	PMR	1.4	1.5
		(0.8 to 2.3)	(0.8 to 2.4)
	SMR	1.2
		(0.7 to 2.0)
Cancer of rectum	Obs	2	2	0	0	0	0
(ICD 154)
Cancer of liver	Obs	1	1	0	0	0	0
(ICD 155–156)
Cancer of pancreas	Obs	8	8	0	0	0	0
(ICD 157)	PMR	1.5	1.7
		(0.7 to 3.0)	(0.7 to 3.3)
	SMR	1.4
		(0.6 to 2.7)
Cancer of lung	Obs	30	26	4	8	7	1
(ICD 162)	PMR	1.4	1.3	3.1	0.9	0.9
		(0.9 to 1.9)	(0.9 to 1.9)	(0.8 to 7.8)	(0.4 to 1.8)	(0.3 to 1.7)
	SMR	1.2
		(0.8 to 1.8)
Cancer of skin	Obs	1	1	0	0	0	0
(ICD 172–173)
Cancer of breast	Obs	18	15	3	0	0	0
(ICD 174)	PMR	0.7	0.7	1.8
		(0.4 to 1.2)	(0.4 to 1.1)	(0.4 to 5.4)
	SMR	0.6
		(0.4 to 1.0)
Cancer of cervix uteri	Obs	6	6	1
(ICD 180)	PMR	2.1	2.1
		(0.8 to 4.3)	(0.8 to 4.5)
	SMR	1.6
		(0.6 to 3.6)
Cancer of corpus uteri	Obs	3	3	0
(ICD 181–182)	PMR	1.0	1.1
		(0.2 to 2.9)	(0.2 to 3.1)
	SMR	0.9
		(0.2 to 2.6)
Cancer of other genital organs	Obs	5	5	0
Cancer of other genital organs	PMR	0.7	0.7
(ICD 183–184)		(0.2 to 1.5)	(0.2 to 1.6)
	SMR	0.6
		(0.2 to 1.3)
Cancer of prostate	Obs				1	1	0
(ICD 185)
Cancer of bladder	Obs	2	2	0	1	1	0
(ICD 188)
Cancer of kidney	Obs	3	3	0	1	1	0
(ICD 189)	PMR	1.6	1.8
		(0.3 to 4.8)	(0.4 to 5.2)
	SMR	1.4
		(0.3 to 4.2)
Cancer of brain and other CNS	Obs	5	5	0	0	0	0
Cancer of brain and other CNS	PMR	1.6	1.7
(ICD 191–192)		(0.5 to 3.8)	(0.5 to 3.9)
	SMR	1.4
		(0.5 to 3.2)
Lymphosarcoma and reticulosarcoma	Obs	2	2	0	0	0	0
Lymphosarcoma and reticulosarcoma	(ICD 200)
Multiple myeloma	Obs	1	1	0	0	0	0
(ICD 203)
Leukaemia and aleukaemia		2	2	0	2	2	0
(ICD 204–207)
Cancer of other lymphatic tissue	Obs	5	5	0	0	0	0
Cancer of other lymphatic tissue	PMR	1.2	1.3
(ICD 202–203, 208)		(0.4 to 2.7)	(0.4 to 3.1)
	SMR	1.1
		(0.3 to 2.5)
All haemopoietic and lymphatic cancer	Obs	10	10	0	2	2	0
All haemopoietic and lymphatic cancer	PMR	1.0	1.1
(ICD 200–209)		(0.5 to 1.8)	(0.5 to 2.0)
	SMR	0.9
		(0.4 to 1.6)
Benign neoplasms	Obs	1	1	0	0	0	0
(ICD 210–239)
Diabetes mellitus	Obs	9	8	1	0	0	0
(ICD 250)	PMR	1.0	1.1
		(0.5 to 1.9)	(0.5 to 2.1)
	SMR	0.9
		(0.4 to 1.8)
All diseases of blood and blood forming organs	Obs	1	1	0	1	1	0
(ICD 280–289)
All diseases of nervous system and sense organs	Obs	2	1	1	1	1	0
(ICD 320–389)
All diseases of circulatory system	Obs	131	118	13	32	30	2
All diseases of circulatory system	PMR	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.8
(ICD 390–458)		(0.8 to 1.1)	(0.8 to 1.1)	0.5 to 1.7)	(0.6 to 1.1)	(0.5 to 1.1)
	SMR	0.8
		(0.7 to 1.0)
Arteriosclerotic heart disease and CHD	Obs	82	74	8	22	20	2
(ICD 410–414)	PMR	1.0	1.0	1.3	0.8	0.7
		(0.8 to 1.3)	(0.8 to 1.2)	(0.6 to 2.5)	(0.5 to 1.2)	(0.4 to 1.1)
	SMR	0.9
			(0.7 to 1.1)
All vascular lesions of CNS	Obs	18	16	2	3	3	0
(ICD 430–438)	PMR	0.7	0.7		0.8	0.8
(ICD 430–438)		(0.4 to 1.2)	(0.4 to 1.2)		(0.2 to 2.2)	(0.2 to 2.3)
	SMR	0.7
		(0.4 to 1.0)
All non-malignant respiratory diseases	Obs	17	15	2	11	11	0
All non-malignant respiratory diseases	PMR	0.8	0.8		1.8	1.9*
(ICD 460–519)		(0.5 to 1.2)	(0.4 to 1.3)		(0.9 to 3.2)	(1.0 to 3.5)
(ICD 460–519)	SMR	0.7
		(0.4 to 1.1)
All pneumonia	Obs	4	4	0	4	4	0
(ICD 480–486)	PMR	0.6	0.6		2.1	2.4
		(0.2 to 1.4)	(0.2 to 1.6)		(0.6 to 5.4)	(0.6 to 6.1)
	SMR	0.5
		(0.1 to 1.2)
Asthma	Obs	2	2	0	0	0	0
(ICD 493)
Gastric and duodenal ulcer	Obs	1	0	1	0	0	0
(ICD 531–533)
Cirrhosis of liver	Obs	4	4	0	1	1	0
(ICD 571)	PMR	0.6	0.6
		(0.2 to 1.4)	(0.2 to 1.6)
	SMR	0.5
		(0.1 to 1.2)
Nonmalignant diseases of genitourinary system	Obs	6	6	0	2	2	0
	PMR	1.1	1.4
		(0.4 to 2.5)	(0.5 to 3.0)
	SMR	1.1
(ICD 580–629)		(0.4 to 2.4)
Chronic nephritis	Obs	1	1	0	0	0	0
(ICD 582)
Symptoms, senility and ill-defined conditions	Obs	14	13	1	8	8	0
Symptoms, senility and ill-defined conditions	PMR	3.3	3.5*		5.5*	6.0*
(ICD 780–799)		(1.8 to 5.5)	(1.8 to 5.9)		(2.4 to 10.9)	(2.6 to 10.8)
(ICD 780–799)	SMR	3.1*
		(1.7 to 5.2)
All external causes of death	Obs	32	30	2	22	21	1
(ICD 800–998)	PMR	1.2	1.2		1.2	1.2
(ICD 800–998)		(0.8 to 1.7)	(0.8 to 1.7)		(0.8 to 1.8)	(0.7 to 1.8)
	SMR	1.1
		(0.7 to 1.5)
All accidents	Obs	25	23	2	14	14	0
(ICD 800–949)	PMR	1.5*	1.5		1.3	1.3
		(1.0–2.2)	(0.9 to 2.2)		(0.7 to 2.2)	(0.7 to 2.2)
	SMR	1.4
		(0.9 to 2.0)
All motor vehicle accidents	Obs	15	15	0	11	11	0
(ICD 810–827)	PMR	1.5	1.6		1.8	1.8
(ICD 810–827)		(0.9 to 2.5)	(0.9 to 2.6)		(0.9 to 3.2)	(0.9 to 3.2)
	SMR	1.4
		(0.8 to 2.3)
Suicide	Obs	4	4	0	0	0	0
(ICD 950–959)	PMR	0.6	0.6
		(0.2 to 1.6)	(0.2 to 1.6)
	SMR	0.5
		(0.2 to 1.4)