Mortality of radiation workers compared with non-radiation workers and trends of mortality with cumulative unlagged radiation dose; rate ratios and trend tests are adjusted for age, sex, calendar year, and social class
| ICD code, 9th revision | Disease | RR | 95% CI | Dose trend | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observed/expected deaths | χ12 (direction of trend) | p | ||||||||
| <10 mSv | 10–<20 mSv | 20–<50 mSv | 50–<100 mSv | 100+ mSv | ||||||
| 140–208 | All malignant neoplasms | 0.92 | (0.84 to 1.00) | 291/299 | 245/250 | 343/329 | 189/175 | 201/206 | 0.0 (+) | 1.00 |
| 140–149 | Buccal cavity and pharynx | 1.04 | (0.48 to 2.25) | 10/8.7 | 3/3.7 | 2/4.3 | 3/2.1 | 4/3.2 | 0.2 (+) | 0.65 |
| 150 | Oesophagus | 0.77 | (0.50 to 1.21) | 23/20.8 | 11/8.4 | 10/10.7 | 7/7.7 | 6/9.4 | 1.5 (−) | 0.22 |
| 151 | Stomach | 0.81 | (0.60 to 1.09) | 47/45.1 | 19/19.0 | 26/25.9 | 9/13.3 | 19/16.7 | 0.1 (+) | 0.79 |
| 153 | Large intestine | 0.96 | (0.71 to 1.28) | 46/45.7 | 23/21.3 | 29/27.6 | 16/15.5 | 12/15.9 | 0.8 (−) | 0.36 |
| 154 | Rectum | 1.05 | (0.67 to 1.65) | 25/24.5 | 9/10.9 | 20/14.1 | 5/7.0 | 6/8.5 | 0.7 (−) | 0.39 |
| 155–156 | Liver and gall bladder | 0.91 | (0.46 to 1.80) | 9/8.9 | 3/4.1 | 10/4.7 | 1/2.7 | 0/2.6 | 2.5 (−) | 0.12 |
| 157 | Pancreas | 0.60 | (0.40 to 0.89) | 22/21.0 | 11/8.4 | 12/11.7 | 7/6.3 | 3/7.5 | 2.4 (−) | 0.12 |
| 161 | Larynx | 0.83 | (0.29 to 2.38) | 5/3.3 | 0/1.4 | 1/2.2 | 2/1.4 | 2/1.6 | 0.1 (+) | 0.78 |
| 162 | Bronchus and lung | 0.98 | (0.84 to 1.15) | 173/181 | 67/75 | 107/102 | 67/53 | 62/64 | 0.1 (+) | 0.79 |
| 163 | Pleura | 5.35 | (1.36 to ∞) | 2/3.4 | 2/1.8 | 3/2.2 | 3/1.5 | 0/1.2 | 0.4 (−) | 0.55 |
| 172 | Malignant melanoma | 0.39 | (0.17 to 0.87) | 5/6.2 | 2/2.0 | 1/2.2 | 1/1.5 | 5/2.1 | 3.5 (+) | 0.06 |
| 174 | Breast | 0.64 | (0.39 to 1.07) | 13/13.8 | 4/2.8 | 1/1.5 | 0/0.5 | 1/0.4 | 0.5 (+) | 0.46 |
| 179–182 | All uterus | 3.67 | (1.73 to 7.80) | 9/8.5 | 1/1.8 | 1/2.4 | 2/0.3 | 0/0.04 | 0.8 (+) | 0.36 |
| 180 | Cervix | 1.64 | (0.00 to 4.89) | 2/2.4 | 0/0.3 | 0/0.2 | 1/0.1 | 0/0.03 | 1.1 (+) | 0.30 |
| 179, 182 | Endometrium, all years | 6.33 | (2.15 to 19.59) | 7/6.1 | 1/1.6 | 1/2.2 | 1/0.2 | 0/0.02 | 0.1 (+) | 0.78 |
| Endometrium, 1946–86 | 5.97 | (1.59 to 24.85) | 4/3.2 | 0/0.9 | 1/1.9 | 1/0.9 | 0/0 | 0.9 (+) | 0.36 | |
| Endometrium, 1987–97 | 6.98 | (1.47 to 36.07) | 3/3.0 | 1/0.7 | 0/0.3 | 0/0.06 | 0/0.02 | 0.13 (−) | 0.72 | |
| 183 | Ovary | 0.65 | (0.28 to 1.55) | 5/5.6 | 0/0.9 | 2/0.4 | 0/0.06 | 0/0.1 | 0.0 (+) | 0.86 |
| 185 | Prostate, all years | 0.79 | (0.59 to 1.06) | 33/40.9 | 17/19.0 | 30/27.1 | 17/14.8 | 20/15.2 | 2.3 (+) | 0.13 |
| Prostate, 1946–79 | 1.16 | (0.61 to 2.22) | 7/10.5 | 3/4.6 | 3/6.9 | 6/2.8 | 8/2.2 | 17.5 (+) | 0.00 | |
| Prostate, 1980–97 | 0.71 | (0.50 to 0.99) | 26/30.5 | 14/14.4 | 27/20.2 | 11/11.9 | 12/13.0 | 0.0 (−) | 0.92 | |
| 186 | Testis | 0.82 | (0.31 to 2.98) | 4/4.4 | 1/1.8 | 3/1.8 | 0/0.7 | 1/0.5 | 0.5 (+) | 0.50 |
| 188–189 | Urinary | 0.94 | (0.67 to 1.31) | 41/37.4 | 18/17.5 | 16/21.8 | 11/11.5 | 16/13.8 | 0.1 (+) | 0.72 |
| 189.0 | Kidney | 0.79 | (0.47 to 1.34) | 17/14.7 | 8/6.4 | 6/7.7 | 5/4.4 | 2/4.8 | 1.7 (−) | 0.19 |
| 191–192 | Brain and other central nervous system | 1.00 | (0.57 to 1.77) | 15/14.4 | 8/6.2 | 7/7.7 | 3/4.3 | 4/4.4 | 0.2 (−) | 0.69 |
| 193 | Thyroid | 0.83 | (0.18 to 3.28) | 0/1.6 | 0/0.3 | 2/0.8 | 1/0.5 | 1/0.9 | 0.2 (+) | 0.65 |
| 195–199 | Ill defined and secondary | 1.09 | (0.78 to 1.54) | 30/39.1 | 15/15.3 | 30/20.9 | 10/11.9 | 16/13.8 | 0.6 (+) | 0.44 |
| 200–208 | All lymphatic and haematopoietic | 1.03 | (0.76 to 1.40) | 52/50.2 | 24/22.3 | 23/29.8 | 19/15.8 | 19/18.9 | 0.0 (+) | 1.00 |
| 200, 202 | Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 1.72 | (0.98 to 3.02) | 23/20.2 | 11/8.8 | 6/10.9 | 6/5.7 | 7/7.4 | 0.1 (−) | 0.74 |
| 201 | Hodgkin’s disease | 0.46 | (0.10 to 1.57) | 2/2.4 | 1/0.8 | 1/0.9 | 1/0.3 | 0/0.7 | 0.3 (−) | 0.59 |
| 203 | Multiple myeloma | 0.42 | (0.21 to 0.85) | 7/5.2 | 3/2.6 | 2/3.8 | 3/2.5 | 2/2.9 | 0.3 (−) | 0.57 |
| 204–208 | Leukaemia | 1.16 | (0.72 to 1.86) | 20/22.3 | 9/10.2 | 14/14.3 | 9/7.2 | 10/8.0 | 0.8 (+) | 0.37 |
| 204–208 excl. 204.1 | Leukaemia excl. CLL | 1.39 | (0.81 to 2.39) | 19/18.5 | 5/8.1 | 10/9.5 | 5/5.2 | 8/5.7 | 0.9 (+) | 0.35 |
| 410–414 | Ischaemic heart disease | 0.99 | (0.91 to 1.07) | 723/687 | 273/292 | 423/407 | 197/215 | 255/270 | 1.5 (−) | 0.21 |
| 460–519 | Respiratory disease | 0.81 | (0.70 to 0.94) | 181/188 | 72/80 | 134/112 | 48/53 | 58/60 | 0.0 (−) | 0.89 |
| 800–999 | Accidents, suicides, and violence | 0.81 | (0.67 to 0.99) | 140/124 | 49/47 | 53/55 | 20/27 | 19/28 | 4.9 (−) | 0.03 |
| 000–999 | All causes | 0.93 | (0.89 to 0.97) | 2149/2122 | 857/894 | 1246/1195 | 607/616 | 697/729 | 1.3 (−) | 0.25 |