Table 4

 Standardised mortality ratios (number of deaths) from selected causes according to duration of employment after exclusion of subjects having left for other reasons

<10 years10–19 years20 years +
All causes1.16 (27) (0.77–1.69)1.14 (186) (0.99–1.32)1.27 (267) (1.13–1.44)
All cancers0.88 (5) (0.29–2.06)1.27 (81) (1.01–1.58)1.42 (128) (1.19–1.69)
    Oesophagus00.70 (3) (0.14–2.05)2.63 (15) (1.47–4.34)
    Liver02.70 (8) (1.17–5.33)1.65 (8) (0.71–3.24)
    Lung0.76 (1) (0.02–4.23)1.13 (19) (0.68–1.77)1.60 (40) (1.15–2.18)
All cardiovascular diseases1.31 (4) (0.36–3.36)0.91 (34) (0.63–1.27)1.14 (58) (0.86–1.47)
    Ischaemic heart diseases1.61 (2) (0.19–5.81)0.70 (11) (0.35–1.26)0.89 (19) (0.54–1.39)
Chronic liver diseases explicitly related to alcohol00.99 (5) (0.32–2.30)1.86 (11) (0.93–3.32)
Other chronic non-malignant diseases of the liver1.75 (1) (0.04–9.75)2.29 (10) (1.10–4.21)1.47 (7) (0.59–3.03)
All infectious diseases01.52 (8) (0.65–2.99)1.83 (12) (0.94–3.19)
Alcohol related diseases1.18 (4) (0.32–3.01)1.49 (43) (1.06–1.98)1.72 (62) (1.32–2.20)