Table 4

SMRs (observed deaths) by cumulative exposure, for haematopoietic cancer mortality, by sex, 10 year lag

Cause0 (lagged out)>0–1199 ppm-days1200–3679 ppm-days3680–13499 ppm-days13500+ ppm-days
*95 % CI 1.02 to 4.67.
Males (n = 7645)
All haematopoietic1.15 (7)0.63 (5)0.87 (5)1.10 (7)1.46 (13)
NHL2.09 (4)0.61 (2)0.88 (2)0.79 (2)2.37* (8)
Hodgkin’s1.07 (1)0 (0)3.44 (1)3.44 (1)5.71 (2)
Leukaemia0.41 (1)1.01 (3)0.0 (01.70 (4)0.60 (2)
Myeloma1.56 (1)0 (0)1.94 (2)0 (0)0.54 (1)
Females (n = 9885)
All haematopoietic0.31 (2)1.04 13)1.38 (10)1.06 (9)0.46 (3)
NHL1.88 (1)0.78 (4)1.32 (4)0.56 (2)0.37 (1)
Hodgkin’s0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)3.70 (1)0 (0
Leukaemia0.49 (1)1.57 (7)1.56 (4)1.02 (3)0 (0)
Myeloma0 (0)0.85 (2)1.42 (2)1.76 (3)1.43 (2)