Overall mortality results for Painesville, Ohio chromate production workers, selected causes of death, follow up 1940–1997 (n=482, 14048 person-years)
| Ohio reference rates | US reference rates | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of death (ICD-9 codes) | Obs | Exp | SMR | 95% CI | Exp | SMR | 95% CI |
| All causes (001–999) | 303 | 235.0 | 129 | 115 to 144 | 225.6 | 134 | 120 to 150 |
| All cancers (140–205) | 90 | 57.9 | 155 | 125 to 191 | 54.3 | 166 | 133 to 204 |
| Cancers of the respiratory system (160–165) | 53 | 22.2 | 239 | 179 to 313 | 20.0 | 266 | 199 to 347 |
| Larynx (161) | 0 | 0.8 | n/a | – | 0.7 | n/a | – |
| Trachea/bronchus/lung (162) | 51 | 21.2 | 241 | 180 to 317 | 19.0 | 268 | 200 to 352 |
| Other parts of respiratory system (160, 163–165) | 2 | 0.2 | 941 | 114 to 3397 | 0.2 | 989 | 120 to 3574 |
| Non-respiratory system cancers | 37 | 35.7 | 104 | 73 to 143 | 34.3 | 108 | 76 to 148 |
| Diseases of the heart | 109 | 96.4 | 113 | 93 to 136 | 90.0 | 121 | 99 to 146 |
| Other circulatory system diseases | 30 | 21.0 | 143 | 96 to 204 | 19.9 | 151 | 102 to 216 |
| Unknown causes of death | 2 | n/a | n/a | – | n/a | n/a | – |