Uranium mill workers’ mortality (since 1940, US referent rates): update of cohort to 1998
| Underlying cause of death (ICD9 code)* | Obs | Exp | SMR | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *International Classification of Disease codes, 9th revision. | ||||
| †Includes 16 observed deaths with missing death certificates. | ||||
| ‡95% confidence interval excludes the null value (1.0). | ||||
| §99% confidence interval excludes the null value (1.0). | ||||
| All causes | 810 | 877.66 | 0.92‡ | 0.86 to 0.99 |
| All cancers (140–208) | 184 | 204.12 | 0.90 | 0.78 to 1.04 |
| Buccal and pharyngeal CA (140–149) | 2 | 5.06 | 0.40 | 0.05 to 1.43 |
| All digestive CA (150–159) | 33 | 53.18 | 0.62§ | 0.43 to 0.87 |
| Oesophagus (150) | 1 | 5.06 | 0.20 | 0.01 to 1.10 |
| Colon (152–153) | 12 | 18.96 | 0.63 | 0.33 to 1.11 |
| Rectal (154) | 2 | 4.77 | 0.42 | 0.05 to 1.51 |
| Liver and biliary (155–156) | 4 | 5.04 | 0.79 | 0.22 to 2.03 |
| Pancreas (157) | 6 | 10.30 | 0.58 | 0.21 to 1.27 |
| All respiratory CA (160–165) | 78 | 72.29 | 1.08 | 0.85 to 1.35 |
| Trachea, bronchus, and lung (162) | 78 | 68.93 | 1.13 | 0.89 to 1.41 |
| Male genital CA (185–187) | 15 | 19.67 | 0.76 | 0.43 to 1.26 |
| All urinary CA (188–189) | 5 | 11.03 | 0.45 | 0.15 to 1.06 |
| Kidney (189.0–189.2) | 4 | 4.96 | 0.81 | 0.22 to 2.06 |
| Leukaemia/aleukaemia (204–208) | 5 | 7.62 | 0.66 | 0.21 to 1.53 |
| Lymphatic and haematopoietic CA other than leukaemia (200–203) | 16 | 11.08 | 1.44 | 0.83 to 2.35 |
| Lymphosarcoma and reticulosarcoma (200) | 4 | 2.29 | 1.74 | 0.48 to 4.46 |
| Hodgkin’s disease (201) | 4 | 1.21 | 3.30 | 0.90 to 8.43 |
| Other lymphatic and haematopoietic CA (202–203) | 8 | 7.57 | 1.06 | 0.46 to 2.08 |
| Other/unspecified CA (194–199) | 21 | 13.20 | 1.59 | 0.98 to 2.43 |
| Tuberculosis (001–008) | 2 | 3.88 | 0.52 | 0.06 to 1.86 |
| Diabetes mellitus (250) | 10 | 14.60 | 0.68 | 0.33 to 1.26 |
| Heart disease (390–398, 402, 404, 410–414, 420–429) | 293 | 349.10 | 0.84§ | 0.75 to 0.94 |
| Ischemic heart disease (410–414) | 236 | 280.07 | 0.84§ | 0.74 to 0.96 |
| Other circulatory disease (401, 403, 405, 415–417, 430–459) | 69 | 83.06 | 0.83 | 0.65 to 1.05 |
| Non-malignant respiratory disease (460–519) | 100 | 70.16 | 1.43§ | 1.16 to 1.73 |
| Pneumonia (480–486) | 25 | 23.76 | 1.05 | 0.68 to 1.55 |
| Chronic and unspecified bronchitis (490–491) | 2 | 2.20 | 0.91 | 0.11 to 3.28 |
| Emphysema (492) | 21 | 10.72 | 1.96§ | 1.21 to 2.99 |
| Pneumoconioses and other respiratory disease (470–478, 494–519) | 52 | 30.87 | 1.68§ | 1.26 to 2.21 |
| Non-malignant digestive disease (520–579) | 23 | 36.91 | 0.62‡ | 0.39 to 0.94 |
| Non-malignant genitourinary disease (580–629) | 13 | 13.03 | 1.00 | 0.53 to 1.71 |
| Acute renal disease (580–581, 584) | 1 | 1.16 | 0.86 | 0.02 to 4.79 |
| Chronic renal disease (582–583, 585–587) | 8 | 5.91 | 1.35 | 0.58 to 2.67 |
| Ill defined conditions (780–796, 798–799) | 4 | 8.01 | 0.50 | 0.14 to 1.28 |
| Accidents (E800–E949) | 47 | 37.23 | 1.26 | 0.93 to 1.68 |
| Violence (E950–E978) | 18 | 17.73 | 1.02 | 0.60 to 1.60 |
| Suicide (E950–E959) | 15 | 14.19 | 1.06 | 0.59 to 1.74 |
| Homicide (E960–E978) | 3 | 3.54 | 0.85 | 0.18 to 2.48 |
| Other and unknown causes | 27† | 14.04 | 1.92§ | 1.27 to 2.80 |