Observed (Obs) and expected (Exp) number of cancers, and SIR (95% CI) among 524 male photoengravers and typesetters (14819.5 person-years), followed up during 1955–98
| Cancer sites (ICD-7) | Obs | Exp | SIR | 95% CI | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Higher | ||||||||
| All cancers (140–205) | 48 | 41.64 | 1.15 | 0.85 | 1.53 | ||||
| Stomach (151) | 2 | 3.71 | 0.54 | 0.06 | 1.95 | ||||
| Colon (153) | 6 | 2.86 | 2.10 | 0.77 | 4.57 | ||||
| Rectum (154) | 1 | 1.09 | 0.92 | 0.01 | 5.10 | ||||
| Liver (155) | 2 | 0.63 | 3.17 | 0.36 | 11.46 | ||||
| Pancreas (157) | 1 | 1.17 | 0.85 | 0.01 | 4.74 | ||||
| Lung (162) | 6 | 5.40 | 1.11 | 0.41 | 2.42 | ||||
| Prostate (177) | 8 | 7.62 | 1.05 | 0.45 | 2.07 | ||||
| Testis (178) | 3 | 0.92 | 3.26 | 0.66 | 9.53 | ||||
| Kidney (180) | 3 | 2.28 | 1.32 | 0.26 | 3.84 | ||||
| Bladder (181) | 3 | 2.95 | 1.02 | 0.20 | 2.97 | ||||
| Skin melanoma (190) | 0 | 0.79 | 0.00 | — | 4.66 | ||||
| Other skin (191) | 1 | 0.98 | 1.02 | 0.01 | 5.69 | ||||
| Brain (193) | 0 | 1.75 | 0.00 | — | 2.09 | ||||
| Thyroid (194) | 1 | 1.03 | 0.97 | 0.01 | 5.39 | ||||
| Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (200, 202) | 6 | 1.35 | 4.46 | 1.63 | 9.70 | ||||
| Multiple myeloma (203) | 0 | 0.53 | 0.00 | — | 6.96 | ||||
| Leukaemia (204) | 1 | 1.06 | 0.95 | 0.01 | 5.27 | ||||
| All other sites (160, 161, 170, 199) | 4 | 5.52 | 0.72 | 0.19 | 1.86 | ||||