Observed and expected deaths (O/E), SMR, and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for selected causes of death by job title, 1951–88
| All causes | All cancers | Lung cancer | Lymphatic and haematopoietic cancers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job title | O/E | SMR | 95% CI | O/E | SMR | 95% CI | O/E | SMR | 95% CI | O/E | SMR | 95% CI | Person-years |
| Manufacturing | 42/62.7 | 0.67 | 0.48 to 0.91 | 15/17.8 | 0.84 | 0.47 to 1.39 | 6/2.8 | 2.14 | 0.79 to 4.66 | 3/0.9 | 3.19 | 0.66 to 9.31 | 6520 |
| Crushing | 14/9.1 | 1.55 | 0.85 to 2.59 | 6/2.5 | 2.38 | 0.87 to 5.17 | 1/0.4 | 2.68 | 0.07 to 14.96 | 1/0.1 | 7.42 | 0.19 to 41.35 | 991 |
| Shaping | 15/23.2 | 0.65 | 0.36 to 1.07 | 4/6.7 | 0.60 | 0.16 to 1.54 | 0/1.1 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 3.45 | 2/0.3 | 5.82 | 0.70 to 21.01 | 2229 |
| Baking | 5/16.7 | 0.30 | 0.10 to 0.70 | 1/4.6 | 0.22 | 0.01 to 1.23 | 1/0.7 | 1.34 | 0.03 to 7.47 | 0/0.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 16.73 | 1278 |
| Impregnation | 0/0.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 6.06 | 0/0.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 24.45 | 0/0.0 | – | – | 0/0.0 | – | – | 218 |
| Graphitisation | 5/7.7 | 0.65 | 0.21 to 1.52 | 2/2.3 | 0.89 | 0.11 to 3.21 | 2/0.3 | 5.80 | 0.70 to 20.94 | 0/0.1 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 30.03 | 885 |
| Processing | 3/5.5 | 0.54 | 0.11 to 1.59 | 2/1.7 | 1.20 | 0.15 to 4.34 | 2/0.2 | 8.10 | 0.98 to 29.27 | 0/0.1 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 35.14 | 919 |
| Maintenance | 9/10.6 | 0.85 | 0.39 to 1.61 | 6/3.1 | 1.92 | 0.71 to 4.18 | 3/0.5 | 5.90 | 1.22 to 17.26 | 1/0.2 | 6.14 | 0.16 to 34.23 | 1084 |
| Transporting | 1/2.9 | 0.35 | 0.01 to 1.93 | 1/0.8 | 1.18 | 0.03 to 6.59 | 0/0.1 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 28.14 | 0/0.1 | 0.00 | 0.00 to 71.70 | 439 |