Observed numbers of deaths and SMRs among test participants and controls, with RRs of mortality among test participants compared with controls, for selected causes of death and by calendar period
| Up to 31 Dec 1990 | 1 Jan 1991–31 Dec 1998 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test participants | Controls | Mortality in test participants relative to controls | Test participants | Controls | Mortality in test participants relative to controls | |||||
| Cause of death | Obs | SMR | Obs | SMR | RR (90% Cl) | Obs | SMR | Obs | SMR | RR (90% CI) |
| *The observed numbers of deaths are unchanged for the wider definition of multiple myeloma (ICD 9th revision codes 203.0, 203.1, 238.6, and 273.1). | ||||||||||
| †Other than motor vehicle traffic accidents, drowning and water transport accidents, air and space transport accidents, or suicide. | ||||||||||
| ‡Defined here as cancers of the tongue, mouth, and pharynx; oesophagus; pancreas; lung; bladder; and kidney. | ||||||||||
| (I) Causes with significant difference between test participants and controls in previous analysis, plus multiple myeloma | ||||||||||
| Leukaemia | 29 | 100 | 17 | 56 | 1.75 (1.01 to 3.06) | 16 | 94 | 16 | 87 | 1.12 (0.59 to 2.13) |
| Leukaemia excluding CLL | 27 | 109 | 15 | 58 | 1.84 (1.02 to 3.33) | 13 | 102 | 8 | 59 | 1.81 (0.80 to 4.18) |
| Multiple myeloma* | 9 | 77 | 6 | 48 | 1.90 (0.71 to 5.23) | 13 | 114 | 12 | 98 | 1.21 (0.58 to 2.53) |
| Cancer of mouth, tongue, pharynx | 11 | 74 | 22 | 139 | 0.56 (0.28 to 1.08) | 21 | 171 | 18 | 138 | 1.26 (0.71 to 2.25) |
| Cancer of lung | 242 | 73 | 303 | 85 | 0.87 (0.76 to 1.01) | 238 | 102 | 232 | 93 | 1.10 (0.94 to 1.29) |
| Cancer of bladder | 29 | 106 | 11 | 37 | 2.85 (1.51 to 5.47) | 23 | 85 | 23 | 79 | 1.13 (0.67 to 1.29) |
| Other injury and poisoning† | 132 | 130 | 107 | 104 | 1.28 (1.02 to 1.61) | 34 | 131 | 35 | 127 | 1.03 (0.67 to 1.57) |
| (II) Other types of cancer, smoking related cancers, and broad causes of death | ||||||||||
| All neoplasms not in group (I) | 441 | 86 | 491 | 90 | 0.96 (0.86 to 1.07) | 474 | 107 | 494 | 104 | 1.05 (0.94 to 1.17) |
| Neoplasms related to smoking‡ | 389 | 82 | 462 | 90 | 0.91 (0.81 to 1.03) | 384 | 104 | 395 | 100 | 1.05 (0.93 to 1.19) |
| All neoplasms | 761 | 82 | 850 | 86 | 0.96 (0.88 to 1.05) | 785 | 106 | 795 | 100 | 1.07 (0.98 to 1.17) |
| All diseases other than neoplasms | 1565 | 76 | 1665 | 75 | 1.02 (0.96 to 1.08) | 1204 | 86 | 1296 | 86 | 1.01 (0.94 to 1.08) |
| Accidents and violence | 374 | 122 | 359 | 119 | 1.06 (0.94 to 1.21) | 62 | 116 | 58 | 102 | 1.13 (0.82 to 1.55) |
| Unknown causes | 68 | 85 | 38 | 54 | ||||||
| All causes | 2768 | 84 | 2959 | 84 | 1.00 (0.96 to 1.05) | 2089 | 95 | 2203 | 93 | 1.03 (0.98 to 1.08) |