Cause specific mortality, men only, Richmond and El Segundo refineries, 1950–95
| Richmond refinery | El Segundo refinery | Combined cohorts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of death (ICDA-8) | Obs | SMR | 95% CI | Obs | SMR | 95% CI | Obs | SMR | 95% CI |
| *p<0.05; **p<0.01; –, no observed deaths. | |||||||||
| At risk (n) | 10584 | 6594 | 17003 | ||||||
| Person-years | 278454.3 | 157271.2 | 432422.7 | ||||||
| All causes of death (001 to 999) | 3091 | 84.6** | 1.6 to 87.6 | 1748 | 82.5** | 78.7 to 86.5 | 4822 | 84.1** | 81.8 to 86.6 |
| All malignant neoplasms (140 to 209) | 740 | 89.7** | 83.4 to 96.4 | 397 | 83.6** | 75.6 to 92.2 | 1129 | 87.6** | 82.6 to 92.9 |
| Cancer of buccal cavity and pharynx (140 to 149) | 14 | 61.0 | 33.3 to 102.3 | 8 | 61.2 | 26.4 to 120.7 | 22 | 61.6* | 38.6 to 93.3 |
| Cancer of digestive organs and peritoneum (150 to 159) | 181 | 85.9* | 73.9 to 99.4 | 88 | 72.9** | 58.5 to 89.8 | 267 | 81.2** | 71.8 to 91.6 |
| Cancer of oesophagus (150) | 22 | 107.8 | 67.6 to 163.2 | 15 | 129.8 | 72.7 to 214.1 | 37 | 116.8 | 82.3 to 161.1 |
| Cancer of stomach (151) | 36 | 99.2 | 69.5 to 137.4 | 10 | 48.8* | 23.4 to 89.7 | 46 | 81.6 | 59.7 to 108.8 |
| Cancer of large intestine (153) | 60 | 85.7 | 65.4 to 110.4 | 30 | 73.8 | 49.8 to 105.3 | 88 | 80.2* | 64.3 to 98.8 |
| Cancer of rectum (154) | 22 | 111.1 | 69.6 to 168.1 | 8 | 70.6 | 30.5 to 139.1 | 30 | 97.0 | 65.5 to 138.5 |
| Cancer of biliary passages and liver (155 to 156) | 6 | 33.3** | 12.2 to 72.4 | 5 | 48.3 | 15.7 to 112.8 | 11 | 39.1** | 19.5 to 70.0 |
| Cancer of pancreas (157) | 31 | 70.7 | 48.1 to 100.4 | 15 | 59.7* | 33.4 to 98.5 | 46 | 67.3** | 49.3 to 89.8 |
| Cancer of respiratory system (160 to 163) | 239 | 85.7* | 75.1 to 97.2 | 141 | 88.0 | 74.1 to 103.8 | 378 | 86.9** | 78.3 to 96.1 |
| Cancer of larynx (161) | 11 | 114.2 | 57.0 to 204.3 | 7 | 127.1 | 51.1 to 261.8 | 18 | 119.9 | 71.0 to 189.4 |
| Cancer of bronchus, trachea, lung (162) | 222 | 83.4** | 72.8 to 95.1 | 129 | 84.4 | 70.5 to 100.3 | 349 | 84.1** | 75.5 to 93.4 |
| Cancer of prostate (men only) (185) | 75 | 96.7 | 76.0 to 121.2 | 35 | 76.2 | 53.1 to 105.9 | 109 | 89.0 | 73.0 to 107.3 |
| Cancer of kidney (189) | 21 | 106.6 | 66.0 to 162.9 | 10 | 88.3 | 42.3 to 162.4 | 30 | 97.6 | 65.8 to 139.3 |
| Cancer of bladder and other urinary organs (188, 189.9) | 21 | 84.7 | 52.5 to 129.5 | 8 | 55.0 | 23.7 to 108.3 | 29 | 74.3 | 49.7 to 106.7 |
| Malignant melanoma of skin (172 except scrotum) | 17 | 122.9 | 71.6 to 196.7 | 8 | 100.5 | 43.4 to 197.9 | 25 | 115.8 | 75.0 to 171.0 |
| Cancer of nervous system (191 to 192) | 28 | 124.0 | 82.4 to 179.1 | 16 | 124.2 | 71.0 to 201.7 | 43 | 122.4 | 88.5 to 164.8 |
| Cancer of bone (170) | 0 | – | 0.0 to 170.1 | 0 | – | 0.0 to 300.5 | 0 | – | 0.0 to 109.4 |
| Cancer of all lymphatic, haematopoietic tissue (200 to 209) | 92 | 113.9 | 91.8 to 139.6 | 39 | 83.8 | 59.6 to 114.5 | 131 | 103.8 | 86.7 to 123.1 |
| Lymphosarcoma and reticulosarcoma (200) | 17 | 144.2 | 84.0 to 230.9 | 5 | 75.2 | 24.4 to 175.4 | 22 | 120.0 | 75.2 to 181.7 |
| Hodgkin's disease (201) | 5 | 91.9 | 29.8 to 214.5 | 3 | 98.9 | 20.4 to 288.9 | 8 | 95.0 | 41.0 to 187.2 |
| Leukaemia and aleukaemia (204 to 207) | 32 | 99.8 | 68.2 to 140.9 | 15 | 80.8 | 45.2 to 133.3 | 47 | 93.6 | 68.8 to 124.5 |
| Cancer of all other lymphopoietic tissue (202, 203, 208, and 209) | 38 | 120.4 | 85.2 to 165.3 | 16 | 87.3 | 49.9 to 141.7 | 54 | 109.4 | 82.1 to 142.7 |
| Benign neoplasms (210 to 239) | 9 | 98.4 | 45.0 to 186.8 | 8 | 151.2 | 65.3 to 297.9 | 17 | 118.7 | 69.1 to 190.0 |
| Diabetes mellitus (250) | 30 | 65.0* | 43.9 to 92.8 | 15 | 56.7* | 31.8 to 93.6 | 45 | 62.5** | 45.6 to 83.6 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (430 to 438) | 183 | 79.3** | 68.2 to 91.7 | 114 | 85.1 | 70.2 to 102.2 | 294 | 81.1** | 72.1 to 90.9 |
| All heart disease (390 to 398, 400.1, 400.9, 402, 404, 410 to 414, 420 to 429) | 1196 | 86.9** | 82.0 to 92.0 | 720 | 90.1** | 83.6 to 96.9 | 1913 | 88.6** | 84.6 to 92.6 |
| Ischaemic heart disease (410 to 414) | 1066 | 87.4** | 82.3 to 92.8 | 638 | 90.2** | 83.4 to 97.5 | 1701 | 88.9** | 84.7 to 93.2 |
| Hypertension with heart disease (400.1, 400.9, 402, 404) | 20 | 60.7* | 37.1 to 93.7 | 11 | 58.3 | 29.1 to 104.4 | 31 | 60.3** | 41.0 to 85.6 |
| Hypertension without heart disease (400, 400.2, 400.3, 401, 403) | 6 | 63.6 | 23.3 to 138.4 | 2 | 36.6 | 4.4 to 132.1 | 8 | 54.0 | 23.3 to 106.4 |
| Non-malignant respiratory disease (460 to 519) | 238 | 82.4** | 72.3 to 93.6 | 121 | 70.5** | 58.5 to 84.2 | 358 | 78.3** | 70.4 to 86.9 |
| Influenza and pneumonia (470 to 474 and 480 to 486) | 93 | 81.8 | 66.1 to 100.3 | 54 | 78.8 | 59.2 to 102.8 | 146 | 80.7** | 68.1 to 94.9 |
| Emphysema (492) | 29 | 49.1** | 32.9 to 70.5 | 18 | 52.8** | 31.3 to 83.5 | 47 | 50.8** | 37.3 to 67.5 |
| Cirrhosis (571) | 82 | 67.3** | 53.5 to 83.5 | 42 | 60.9** | 43.9 to 82.3 | 124 | 65.5** | 54.5 to 78.1 |
| All external causes of death (e800 to e999) | 251 | 73.9** | 65.0 to 83.6 | 150 | 78.4** | 66.3 to 92.0 | 400 | 75.8** | 68.6 to 83.6 |
| Motor vehicle accidents (e810 to e823) | 74 | 78.1* | 61.3 to 98.0 | 37 | 70.7* | 49.8 to 97.4 | 111 | 75.9** | 62.4 to 91.4 |
| Suicides (e950 to e959) | 81 | 88.5 | 70.3 to 110.0 | 55 | 105.3 | 79.3 to 137.0 | 135 | 94.6 | 79.3 to 112.0 |