Table 2

Risk of bladder cancer by industry (SIC), by sex, New England, 2001–2004†

SIC	Industry	Men (n=895 cases, 1031 controls)				Women (n=263 cases, 371 controls)
SIC	Industry	Cases (n)	Cont (n)	OR	95% CI	Cases (n)	Cont (n)	OR	95% CI
078	Landscape and horticultural services	25^*	14^*	2.4^*	1.2 to 4.8^*	1	3	–	–
1629	Heavy construction, NEC	13	9	2.0	0.8 to 5.1	0	0	–	–
201	Meat products	11	4	2.8	0.8 to 9.4	1	2	–	–
202	Dairy products	8	16	0.4	0.2 to 1.0	2	0	–	–
205	Bakery products	6	12	0.4	0.2 to 1.3	0	1	–	–
361	Electric transmission and distribution equipment	4	12	0.3	0.1 to 1.1	3	0	–	–
367	Electronic components and accessories	38	31	1.4	0.8 to 2.3	25^*	15^*	2.2^*	1.1 to 4.7^*
	3674 Semiconductors and related devices	9	11	1.1	0.4 to 2.8	10	5	2.5	0.7 to 8.5
37	Transportation equipment	106	123	0.8	0.6 to 1.1	12^*	3^*	8.7^*	2.0 to 37^*
38	Instruments and related products	38	55	0.8	0.5 to 1.3	4	11	0.4	0.1 to 1.4
	382 Laboratory apparatus and analytical, optical, measuring and controlling instruments	7^*	17^*	0.4^*	0.1 to 0.97^*	1	3	–	–
39	Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	24	17	1.7	0.9 to 3.3	5^*	13^*	0.3^*	0.1 to 0.98^*
4215	Courier services, except by air	6	9	0.5	0.2 to 1.4	1	0	–	–
451	Air transportation, scheduled and air courier services	10	7	2.4	0.8 to 6.7	2	3	–	–
4813	Telephone communications, except radiotelephone	19	20	0.9	0.5 to 1.8	9	19	0.5	0.2 to 1.2
506	Electrical goods	6	13	0.4	0.2 to 1.2	1	1	–	–
5143	Dairy products, except dried or canned	14^*	5^*	3.3^*	1.1 to 9.4^*	0	0	–	–
5149	Groceries and related products, NEC	9^*	20^*	0.4^*	0.2 to 0.9^*	3	0	–	–
5211	Lumber and other building materials	8	15	0.5	0.2 to 1.2	1	2	–	–
5531	Auto and home supply stores	11^*	23^*	0.4^*	0.2 to 0.8^*	1	2	–	–
571	Home furniture and furnishing stores	8	16	0.5	0.2 to 1.2	9	4	–	–
	5712 Furniture stores	3^*	13^*	0.3^*	0.1 to 0.97^*	3	3	–	–
5813	Drinking places	4^*	12^*	0.3^*	0.1 to 0.9^*	1	2	–	–
596	Non-store retailers	7	15	0.5	0.2 to 1.3	5	12	0.6	0.2 to 1.8
599	Retail stores, NEC	6	14	0.4	0.1 to 1.0	5	4	–	–
62	Security, commodity brokers and service	3	13	0.3	0.1 to 1.0	3	1	–	–
6311	Life insurance	11	6	2.6	0.9 to 7.3	7	3	–	–
6531	Real estate agents and managers	16^*	34^*	0.5^*	0.3 to 0.9^*	7	9	1.1	0.3 to 3.5
70	Hotels, rooming houses, camps and other lodging	33^*	57^*	0.6^*	0.4 to 0.9^*	23	17	1.7	0.8 to 3.6
	7011 Hotels and motels	23^*	46^*	0.5^*	0.3 to 0.9^*	19	13	1.6	0.7 to 3.8
7629	Electrical and electronic repair shops, NEC	12^*	4^*	3.3^*	1.01 to 11^*	0	2	–	–
7699	Repair shops and related services, NEC	16	9	2.0	0.8 to 4.7	0	2	–	–
80	Health services	59	73	1.0	0.7 to 1.5	77^*	119^*	0.7*	0.5 to 0.99*
	805 Nursing and personal care facilities	4^*	15^*	0.3*	0.1 to 0.97^*	32	32	1.0	0.6 to 1.8
81	Legal services	9	10	1.7	0.6 to 4.5	11	7	2.4	0.8 to 6.9
822	Colleges, universities, professional schools, junior colleges	54	64	1.2	0.8 to 1.8	16^*	46^*	0.4*	0.2 to 0.8*
	8221 Colleges and universities	52	61	1.2	0.8 to 1.9	16^*	43^*	0.5*	0.2 to 0.9*
	8231 Libraries	1	2	–	–	3	13	0.4	0.1 to 1.4
8361	Residential care	5	9	–	–	11	4	3.5	1.0 to 13
91	Executive, legislative and general government	11	16	1.0	0.4 to 2.2	13	11	2.0	0.8 to 4.9

↵* Statistically significant association.
↵† Adjusted for age (<55, 55–64, 65–74, 75+ years), race (white only, Native American/white, other races), Hispanic ethnicity (yes/no), state (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont), smoking status (never, occasional (<100 cigarettes over lifetime), former, current) and employment in high-risk occupations other than the one being analysed (ever/never).
Cont, Controls; NEC, not elsewhere classified; SIC, Standard Industrial Classification.