Table 3 Cohort study of asbestos cement workers in Casale Monferrato, Italy: mortality for the major causes of death in 1965–2003 by latency

	Latency
	<10 years			10–19 years			20–29 years			30–39 years			40–49 years			50+ years
	Obs	Exp	SMR	Obs	Exp	SMR	Obs	Exp	SMR	Obs	Exp	SMR	Obs	Exp	SMR	Obs	Exp	SMR
Men
All causes	24	38.2	62.8*	141	119.9	117.6	281	225.33	124.7**	462	315.3	146.5**	328	216.8	151.3**	202	148.6	134.9**
MN peritoneum	0	0.06	–	0	0.2	–	5	0.3	1748.8**	13	0.4	3174.6**	12	0.2	5169.6**	6	0.1	5780.0**
MN lung	2	2.9	69.0	16	11.1	143.5	50	24.1	207.5**	104	33.1	314.6**	45	18.1	248.2**	20	8.4	238.4**
MN pleura	1	0.07	1362.8	5	0.3	1679.4**	20	0.6	3059.7**	35	1.0	3370.4**	29	0.6	4838.3**	6	0.3	1797.9**
Cardiovascular	1	10.6	9.4**	40	40.2	99.6	66	83.5	79.1	97	125.6	77.2**	86	95.0	90.5	50	72.3	69.2**
diseases
Asbestosis	0	0.01	–	5	0.03	17108.1**	28	0.05	53747.3**	52	0.1	54088.2**	37	0.06	64563.0**	40	0.03	117175.3**
Women
All causes	0	1.8	–	13	8.7	148.9	26	20.8	124.9	84	48.2	174.1**	85	66.0	128.8*	163	102.6	158.8**
MN peritoneum	0	0.01	–	0	0.03	–	0	0.07	–	1	0.1	730.0	3	0.2	1595.4**	12	0.2	6432.9**
MN lung	0	0.04	–	0	0.20	–	2	0.51	388.7	4	1.27	315.9	4	1.6	244.8	2	1.8	111.8
MN pleura	0	0.00	–	2	0.03	7777.0**	1	0.06	1722.9	13	0.1	8996.9**	10	0.2	5538.1**	13	0.2	6062.1**
MN uterus	0	0.08	–	1	0.4	227.3	3	0.9	330.6	5	1.6	314.7*	3	1.5	197.7	3	1.3	230.3
MN ovary	0	0.05	–	0	0.2	–	1	0.5	185.0	2	1.1	187.7	1	1.1	90.6	5	1.0	520.1**
Cardiovascular	0	0.36	–	3	2.24	133.7	4	6.67	60.0	19	18.27	104.0	20	28.6	69.8	54	52.4	103.0
diseases
Asbestosis	0	0.00	–	0	0.00	–	0	0.00	–	3	0.00	73165.4**	6	0.0	127000.3**	15	0.01	177750.4**

*p<0.05; **p<0.01. Exp, expected; MN, malignant neoplasm; Obs, observed; SMR, standardised mortality ratio.