Table 2

Cancer incidence 1958–99 in 2027 subjects employed for at least one year

Tumour site	ICD-7	1958–89				1990–99				Total
Tumour site	ICD-7	O	E	SIR	95% CI	O	E	SIR	95% CI	O	E	SIR	95% CI
Stomach	151	9	11.5	0.78	0.36 to 1.48	5	3.80	1.32	0.43 to 3.08	14	15.3	0.91	0.50 to 1.53
Colon	153	16	15.1	1.06	0.62 to 1.75	7	7.90	0.89	0.36 to 1.83	23	23.0	1.00	0.63 to 1.50
Rectum	154	12	11.2	1.07	0.55 to 1.87	4	5.10	0.78	0.21 to 2.01	16	16.3	0.98	0.56 to 1.59
Pancreas	157	9	5.96	1.51	0.69 to 2.86	2	2.61	0.77	0.09 to 2.77	11	8.57	1.28	0.64 to 2.30
Sinonasal cavities	160	2	0.53	3.77	0.46 to 13.6	0	0.35	0.00	0.00 to 10.5	2	0.88	2.27	0.28 to 8.21
Lung	1621	20	16.6	1.21	0.75 to 1.88	12	9.10	1.32	0.68 to 2.30	32	25.7	1.24	0.85 to 1.76
Breast	170	20	15.4	1.30	0.81 to 2.04	11	7.70	1.43	0.71 to 2.56	31	23.1	1.34	0.91 to 1.91
Prostate	177	32	25.0	1.28	0.89 to 1.82	27	15.9	1.70	1.12 to 2.47	59	40.9	1.44	1.10 to 1.86
Kidney	1800	6	6.12	0.98	0.36 to 2.14	1	2.22	0.45	0.01 to 2.51	7	8.34	0.84	0.34 to 1.73
Urinary bladder	1801, 181	14	13.1	1.07	0.59 to 1.80	10	12.0	0.83	0.40 to 1.53	24	25.1	0.96	0.61 to 1.42
Soft tissue sarcoma	197	5	1.57	3.18	1.03 to 7.43	1	0.72	1.39	0.04 to 7.74	6	2.29	2.62	0.96 to 5.70
Multiple myeloma	203	6	2.76	2.17	0.79 to 4.71	1	1.48	0.68	0.02 to 3.76	7	4.24	1.65	0.66 to 3.40
Leukaemias	204–207	5	5.95	0.84	0.27 to 1.95	5	1.59	3.14	1.02 to 7.35	10	7.54	1.33	0.64 to 2.44
All sites	140–209	233	201	1.16	1.02 to 1.32	118	101	1.17	0.97 to 1.40	351	302	1.16	1.04 to 1.29