Table 3

 Incidence rate ratios for job titles, comparing rate for each job title with population rate (2.26 cases per 100 person-years, 95% CI 1.61 to 2.90). As job titles are reported each year of follow up and may change over period of employment, rates for job titles are based on person-years from actual questionnaires, without imputations for missing data

Job titleCasesNumber of workers*% (of total) person-timeMean entry age† (range)Rate ratios (95% CI)
*Not mutually exclusive.
†Age at entering job category.
Animal care specialist12759.032.1 (18–59)3.96 (2.15–7.28)
Associate scientist81007.633.1 (18–56)3.16 (1.53–6.52)
Assistant scientist2292.030.6 (22–48)2.95 (0.75–11.58)
Supervisory1011217.838.4 (25–61)1.69 (0.86–3.30)
Support staff1262.036.6 (22–53)1.47 0.21–10.33)
Animal health2174.434.5 (23–51)1.36 (0.34–5.48)
Toxicology3458.036.2 (18–61)1.12 (0.35–3.56)
Scientist825441.937.3 (24–62)0.58 (0.27–1.21)
Lab technician1687.037.9 (18–63)0.43 (0.06–3.08)