Table 3

Relative risks (RRs) of death from all causes, all malignant neoplasms, buccal cavity, pharyngeal and laryngeal cancers together, stomach and bladder cancer, and non-neoplastic respiratory diseases for time since first employment with a Poisson regression analysis including age as a covariate

Cause of death by ICD-8 codesTime since first employment (y)p Value test for trend
1–93-15110–1920
Deaths (n)RRDeaths (n)RR(95% CI)Deaths (n)RR(95% CI)
All causes (001–999)9211401.32(0.94 to 1.85)1921.50(0.98 to 2.29)0.08
All malignant neoplasms (140–208)181451.51(0.75 to 3.07)621.46(0.64 to 3.33)0.56
 Buccal cavity, pharynx, and larynx (140–149, 161)1120.62(0.04 to 9.18)60.79(0.04 to 17.3)1.00
 Trachea, bronchus, and lung (162)71111.38(0.39 to 4.80)162.06(0.49 to 8.72)0.28
 Stomach (151)4190.90(0.18 to 4.46)70.36(0.04 to 2.9)0.24
 Bladder (188)2110.43(0.01 to 11.7)41.73(0.05 to 59.1)0.47
Non-malignant respiratory diseases (460–519)91151.25(0.47 to 3.29)241.96(0.57 to 6.69)0.26
  • 3-151 Reference category.