Cause of death | ICD-9 | Dose in mSv | p Value for trend | |||
<5 | 5–49 | 50–199 | 200+ | |||
O/E | O/E | O/E | O/E | |||
Cancer | 530/559.4 | 162/137.0 | 45/43.5 | 8/5.2 | 0.05 | |
Cancer related to smoking | * | 219/238.6 | 78/63.8 | 22/20.2 | 6/2.4 | 0.00 |
Mouth and pharynx | 140–149 | 26/30.6 | 10/9.1 | 5/3.0 | 2/0.3 | 0.00 |
Oesophagus | 150 | 18/18.4 | 7/6.5 | 2/1.7 | 0/0.3 | 0.50 |
Pancreas | 157 | 25/24.3 | 5/5.7 | 1/1.7 | 1/0.2 | 0.33 |
Larynx | 161 | 11/17.5 | 11/4.7 | 2/1.6 | 0/0.2 | 0.23 |
Lung | 162 | 114/118.7 | 33/29.5 | 9/9.6 | 3/1.2 | 0.10 |
Bladder | 188 | 9/12.1 | 5/2.9 | 2/0.9 | 0/0.1 | 0.15 |
Kidney | 189 | 16/17.0 | 7/5.2 | 1/1.6 | 0/0.2 | 0.50 |
Cancer unrelated to smoking | 311/320.7 | 84/73.2 | 23/23.3 | 2/2.8 | 0.57 | |
Stomach | 151 | 21/23.8 | 6/4.6 | 3/1.4 | 0/0.3 | 0.50 |
Liver and gallbladder | ** | 16/18.9 | 9/5.2 | 1/1.8 | 0/0.2 | 0.65 |
Nasal cavity, sinus, middle ear | 160 | 5/4.9 | 0/1.5 | 1/0.5 | 1/0.1 | 0.03 |
Pleura | 163 | 6/6.6 | 2/1.7 | 1/0.6 | 0/0.0 | 0.43 |
Bone | 170 | 3/3.6 | 2/1.0 | 0/0.3 | 0/0.1 | 0.62 |
Skin melanoma | 172 | 10/13.1 | 5/2.2 | 1/0.6 | 0/0.1 | 0.26 |
Female breast | 174 | 24/26.1 | 5/3.4 | 1/0.5 | 0/0.0 | 0.30 |
Uterus and cervix | 179–182 | 4/5.5 | 2/0.5 | 0/0.0 | 0/0.0 | 0.08 |
Prostate | 185 | 21/21.7 | 8/6.8 | 3/3.1 | 0/0.4 | 0.52 |
Brain | 191 | 23/18.6 | 2/4.9 | 0/1.4 | 0/0.1 | 0.92 |
Lymphoma and leukaemia | 200–208 | 47/48.9 | 12/10.6 | 3/3.1 | 1/0.4 | 0.18 |
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 200+202 | 11/11.9 | 3/2.3 | 1/0.7 | 0/0.1 | 0.54 |
Hodgkin disease | 201 | 8/7.9 | 2/1.6 | 0/0.5 | 0/0.1 | 0.76 |
Multiple myeloma | 203 | 12/10.4 | 2/2.9 | 0/0.7 | 0/0.0 | 0.81 |
Leukaemia | 204–208 | 14/18.1 | 6/4.2 | 3/1.5 | 1/0.2 | 0.01 |
Leukaemia except CLL | Ex 204.1 | 12/15.6 | 5/3.4 | 2/0.9 | 1/0.1 | 0.00 |
Other cancers | 131/129.2 | 31/30.7 | 9/10.0 | 0/1.1 | 0.80 | |
Non-cancer | 780/789.8 | 168/169.2 | 63/52.4 | 7/6.6 | 0.12 | |
Circulatory disease | 390–459 | 336/330.7 | 76/80.1 | 25/26.4 | 4/3.2 | 0.54 |
Respiratory disease | *** | 24/24.6 | 7/6.1 | 2/2.0 | 0/0.3 | 0.69 |
Cirrhosis and alcoholic psychosis | **** | 48/53.1 | 12/12.3 | 10/4.8 | 1/0.7 | 0.00 |
External cause of death | 800–999 | 190/199.6 | 38/33.7 | 12/8.1 | 2/0.7 | 0.02 |
All causes | 1373/1413.7 | 342/317.2 | 111/98.8 | 16/12.2 | 0.02 | |
Person-years (lag 2) | 412 482 | 83 105 | 19 793 | 1744 | ||
Person-years (lag 10) | 444 407 | 58 885 | 12 822 | 1011 |
CLL, chronic lymphoid leukaemia.
Doses lagged by two years for leukaemia and 10 years for other causes of death. Cohort study of French CEA and Cogema workers.
*140 to 150+157+161+162+188+189.
**155+156 except 155.2.
***460–479, 487.1–519.9.
****Cirrhosis: 571.2+571.5+571.6; alcoholic psychosis: 291, 303.