Public exposed occupations; frequencies and odds ratios (95% CIs) for association with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, multiple myeloma, and leukaemia*
| Controls (n = 896480) | Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (n = 71600) | Hodgkin’s disease (n = 5366) | Multiple myeloma (n = 35340) | Leukaemia (n = 67570) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | OR (95% CI) | % | OR (95% CI) | % | OR (95% CI) | % | OR (95% CI) | |
| *Odds ratios adjusted for age, sex, race, geographic region of occurrence, and socioeconomic status. | |||||||||
| †Occupations with exposure to the public were modelled together to calculate ORs, using all occupations without public exposure as the referent. | |||||||||
| All occupations without public exposure | 86.2 | 83.8 | 1.0 (ref.) | 83.8 | 1.0 (ref.) | 84.7 | 1.0 (ref.) | 84.6 | 1.0 (ref.) |
| Health | 2.90 | 3.36 | 1.02 (0.97–1.07) | 3.07 | 0.94 (0.79–1.11) | 3.21 | 0.96 (0.90–1.03) | 3.15 | 0.99 (0.95–1.04) |
| Teachers | 2.65 | 3.67 | 1.15 (1.10–1.20) | 3.69 | 1.41 (1.20–1.66) | 3.82 | 1.21 (1.13–1.29) | 3.52 | 1.11 (1.06–1.16) |
| Social, recreation, and religious workers | 0.87 | 1.20 | 1.29 (1.20–1.38) | 1.12 | 1.14 (0.88–1.48) | 1.18 | 1.27 (1.14–1.40) | 1.21 | 1.24 (1.15–1.34) |
| Sales | 4.20 | 4.64 | 1.03 (0.99–1.07) | 4.51 | 0.98 (0.86–1.12) | 4.15 | 1.01 (0.96–1.07) | 4.52 | 1.01 (0.88–1.12) |
| Law enforcement/corrections | 0.44 | 0.50 | 1.15 (1.05–1.27) | 0.61 | 1.15 (0.82–1.63) | 0.44 | 1.10 (0.94–1.30) | 0.44 | 0.99 (0.88–1.12) |
| Food service | 0.74 | 0.58 | 0.87 (0.79–0.96) | 0.61 | 0.59 (0.42–0.84) | 0.45 | 0.75 (0.64–0.88) | 0.52 | 0.81 (0.73–0.91) |
| Hairdressers/barbers | 0.60 | 0.67 | 1.16 (1.05–1.27) | 0.82 | 1.26 (0.93–1.70) | 0.73 | 1.24 (1.09–1.41) | 0.67 | 1.17 (1.07–1.29) |
| Other | 1.32 | 1.57 | 1.18 (1.11–1.27) | 1.81 | 1.11 (0.91–1.36) | 1.31 | 1.03 (0.93–1.13) | 1.36 | 1.05 (0.98–1.12) |