Observed/expected number of deaths, SMR, and 95% CI by calendar period of follow up, all subjects
| Cause of death | 1944–91 | 1992–98 | 1944–98 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obs/exp | SMR | (95% CI) | Obs/exp | SMR | (95% CI) | Obs/exp | SMR | (95% CI) | |
| LHC, lymphohaematopoietic cancer; NHL, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. | |||||||||
| All causes | 4659/5490.4 | 85 | (82–87) | 1578/1751.9 | 90 | (86–95) | 6237/7241.8 | 86 | (84–88) |
| All cancer | 1116/1237.9 | 90 | (85–96) | 492/503.4 | 98 | (89–107) | 1608/1741.2 | 92 | (88–97) |
| Buccal cavity & pharynx | 18/36.0 | 50 | (30–79) | 4/11.0 | 36 | (10–93) | 22/47.0 | 47 | (29–71) |
| Oesophagus | 25/32.5 | 77 | (50–114) | 19/14.3 | 133 | (80–208) | 44/46.8 | 94 | (68–126) |
| Stomach | 48/60.5 | 79 | (59–105) | 16/14.9 | 107 | (61–174) | 64/75.4 | 85 | (65–108) |
| Colorectum | 138/125.7 | 110 | (92–130) | 55/52.1 | 106 | (80–137) | 193/177.8 | 109 | (94–125) |
| Liver | 17/27.6 | 62 | (36–99) | 15/15.0 | 100 | (56–165) | 32/42.6 | 75 | (51–106) |
| Pancreas | 49/64.4 | 76 | (56–101) | 27/23.4 | 116 | (76–168) | 76/87.8 | 87 | (68–108) |
| Larynx | 17/17.7 | 96 | (56–54) | 0/6.4 | 0 | (0–57) | 17/24.1 | 71 | (41–113) |
| Lung | 406/438.3 | 93 | (84–102) | 157/180.2 | 87 | (74–102) | 563/618.4 | 91 | (84–99) |
| Prostate | 91/92.8 | 98 | (79–120) | 63/55.8 | 113 | (87–145) | 154/148.6 | 104 | (88–121) |
| Bladder | 26/29.2 | 89 | (58–131) | 11/11.8 | 93 | (47–167) | 37/41.0 | 90 | (64–125) |
| Kidney | 26/28.4 | 92 | (60–134) | 13/12.2 | 107 | (57–182) | 39/40.6 | 96 | (68–131) |
| Brain | 28/30.1 | 93 | (62–135) | 9/10.0 | 90 | (41–172) | 37/40.0 | 93 | (65–128) |
| LHC | 115/108.0 | 107 | (88–128) | 47/45.1 | 104 | (77–139) | 162/153.1 | 106 | (90–123) |
| NHL | 33/35.4 | 93 | (64–131) | 20/17.9 | 112 | (68–173) | 53/53.3 | 100 | (75–130) |
| Hodgkin’s disease | 11/9.8 | 113 | (56–202) | 1/1.0 | 98 | (2–545) | 12/10.8 | 111 | (58–195) |
| Leukaemia | 51/44.0 | 116 | (86–153) | 20/17.9 | 117 | (71–181) | 71/61.1 | 116 | (91–147) |
| Multiple myeloma | 20/18.1 | 110 | (67–170) | 6/9.1 | 66 | (24–143) | 26/27.3 | 95 | (62–140) |
| Other cancer | 112/147.4 | 76 | (63–92) | 56/51.4 | 109 | (82–141) | 168/197.6 | 85 | (73–99) |
| Benign neoplasms | 11/12.2 | 90 | (45–162) | 5/3.9 | 130 | (42–302) | 16/16.0 | 100 | (57–162) |
| Blood disorders | 18/19.0 | 95 | (56–150) | 5/10.5 | 48 | (16–111) | 23/29.4 | 78 | (50–117) |
| Mental disorders | 15/38.8 | 39 | (22–64) | 21/22.8 | 92 | (57–141) | 36/61.6 | 58 | (41–81) |
| Allergic, endocrine, & metabolic disease | 74/107.8 | 69 | (54–86) | 48/64.4 | 75 | (55–99) | 122/172.2 | 71 | (59–85) |
| Nervous system disease | 57/60.7 | 94 | (71–122) | 38/35.5 | 107 | (76–147) | 95/96.1 | 99 | (80–121) |
| Circulatory disease | 2303/2569.1 | 90 | (86–93) | 629/712.8 | 88 | (82–95) | 2932/3281.8 | 89 | (86–93) |
| Non-malignant respiratory disease | 248/351.5 | 71 | (62–80) | 146/160.6 | 91 | (77–107) | 394/512.1 | 77 | (70–85) |
| Digestive disease | 146/233.3 | 63 | (53–74) | 41/62.3 | 66 | (47–89) | 187/295.5 | 63 | (55–73) |
| Genitourinary disease | 55/87.3 | 63 | (48–82) | 21/30.3 | 69 | (43–106) | 76/117.6 | 65 | (51–81) |
| External causes | 370/572.8 | 65 | (58–72) | 76/82.2 | 92 | (73–116) | 446/655.1 | 68 | (62–75) |
| Other known | 129/198.5 | 65 | (54–77) | 49/64.5 | 76 | (57–101) | 178/262.8 | 68 | (58–78) |
| Unknown | 117 | 7 | 124 | ||||||