Relative cancer incidence ratios and 95% CIs for full-time firefighters to 31 December 2010 by number of incidents and incident types in tertiles (adjusted for age and calendar period)
| Cancer categories | Groups | O | All incidents | O | All fire incidents | O | Structural fires | O | Landscape fires | O | Vehicle fires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All malignancies | Tertile 1 | 102 | Ref | 101 | Ref | 110 | Ref | 96 | Ref | 98 | Ref |
| Tertile 2 | 126 | 1.29 (0.99–1.68) | 110 | 1.23 (0.94–1.62) | 116 | 1.16 (0.89–1.51) | 142 | 1.54 (1.18–1.99) | 122 | 1.48 (1.13–1.93) | |
| Tertile 3 | 180 | 1.13 (0.88–1.45) | 197 | 1.21 (0.95–1.55) | 182 | 1.06 (0.83–1.35) | 170 | 1.18 (0.92–1.53) | 188 | 1.34 (1.04–1.71) | |
| Trend test | p=0.44 | p=0.15 | p=0.70 | p=0.35 | p=0.04 | ||||||
| Lip, oral cavity and pharynx | Tertile 1 | 6 | Ref | 6 | Ref | 5 | Ref | 5 | Ref | 5 | Ref |
| Tertile 2 | 3 | 0.52 (0.13–2.10) | 2 | 0.36 (0.07–1.78) | 2 | 0.43 (0.08–2.19) | 3 | 0.60 (0.15–2.55) | 5 | 1.11 (0.32–3.85) | |
| Tertile 3 | 6 | 0.76 (0.24–2.40) | 7 | 0.92 (0.30–2.81) | 8 | 1.36 (0.43–4.27) | 7 | 1.10 (0.34–3.51) | 5 | 0.81 (0.23–2.84) | |
| Trend test | p=0.65 | p=0.90 | p=0.54 | p=0.84 | p=0.74 | ||||||
| Digestive organs | Tertile 1 | 20 | Ref | 15 | Ref | 17 | Ref | 14 | Ref | 15 | Ref |
| Tertile 2 | 18 | 0.95 (0.50–1.81) | 18 | 1.44 (0.72–2.87) | 18 | 1.23 (0.63–2.40) | 24 | 1.87 (0.96–3.62) | 18 | 1.54 (0.77–3.09) | |
| Tertile 3 | 28 | 0.87 (0.49–1.55) | 33 | 1.28 (0.69–2.38) | 31 | 1.07 (0.59–1.95) | 28 | 1.32 (0.69–2.52) | 33 | 1.48 (0.80–2.73) | |
| Trend test | p=0.63 | p=0.50 | p=0.88 | p=0.55 | p=0.25 | ||||||
| Colorectal | Tertile 1 | 16 | Ref | 12 | Ref | 15 | Ref | 10 | Ref | 13 | Ref |
| Tertile 2 | 15 | 0.98 (0.48–1.99) | 13 | 1.28 (0.58–2.83) | 13 | 0.97 (0.46–2.05) | 21 | 2.26 (1.06–4.82) | 13 | 1.28 (0.59–2.77) | |
| Tertile 3 | 23 | 0.84 (0.44–1.59) | 29 | 1.30 (0.66–2.56) | 26 | 0.95 (0.50–1.80) | 23 | 1.42 (0.67–2.99) | 28 | 1.34 (0.69–2.60) | |
| Trend test | p=0.56 | p=0.47 | p=0.88 | p=0.56 | p=0.40 | ||||||
| Respiratory | Tertile 1 | 6 | Ref | 6 | Ref | 6 | Ref | 8 | Ref | 5 | Ref |
| Tertile 2 | 4 | 0.72 (0.20–2.55) | 5 | 0.97 (0.30–3.21) | 6 | 1.19 (0.38–3.70) | 6 | 0.83 (0.29–2.40) | 5 | 1.21 (0.35–4.23) | |
| Tertile 3 | 12 | 1.58 (0.59–4.28) | 11 | 1.37 (0.50–3.76) | 10 | 1.23 (0.44–3.42) | 8 | 0.79 (0.29–2.13) | 12 | 1.97 (0.69–5.64) | |
| Trend test | p=0.31 | p=0.52 | p=0.70 | p=0.64 | p=0.19 | ||||||
| Lung | Tertile 1 | 5 | Ref | 5 | Ref | 5 | Ref | 7 | Ref | 4 | Ref |
| Tertile 2 | 4 | 0.88 (0.24–3.31) | 4 | 0.98 (0.26–3.70) | 5 | 1.23 (0.35–4.28) | 4 | 0.65 (0.19–2.24) | 4 | 0.28 (0.32–5.16) | |
| Tertile 3 | 7 | 1.07 (0.34–3.43) | 7 | 0.99 (0.31–3.18) | 6 | 0.84 (0.25–2.76) | 5 | 0.55 (0.17–1.76) | 8 | 1.59 (0.47–5.30) | |
| Trend test | p=0.90 | p=0.99 | p=0.75 | p=0.31 | p=0.45 | ||||||
| Melanoma | Tertile 1 | 26 | Ref | 24 | Ref | 30 | Ref | 24 | Ref | 26 | Ref |
| Tertile 2 | 36 | 1.37 (0.82–2.27) | 36 | 1.55 (0.92–2.60) | 29 | 0.98 (0.59–1.64) | 40 | 1.62 (0.97–2.70) | 38 | 1.56 (0.94–2.58) | |
| Tertile 3 | 31 | 0.82 (0.48–1.40) | 33 | 0.92 (0.54–1.59) | 34 | 0.80 (0.48–1.33) | 29 | 0.86 (0.50–1.50) | 29 | 0.81 (0.47–1.39) | |
| Trend test | p=0.40 | p=0.68 | p=0.38 | p=0.50 | p=0.39 | ||||||
| Male reproductive | Tertile 1 | 20 | Ref | 23 | Ref | 23 | Ref | 25 | Ref | 22 | Ref |
| Tertile 2 | 37 | 2.14 (1.24–3.70) | 26 | 1.42 (0.81–2.49) | 27 | 1.41 (0.81–2.47) | 36 | 1.64 (0.99–2.74) | 30 | 1.80 (1.03–3.13) | |
| Tertile 3 | 58 | 1.96 (1.17–3.27) | 66 | 1.91 (1.18–3.09) | 65 | 1.96 (1.21–3.17) | 54 | 1.49 (0.92–2.40) | 63 | 2.13 (1.31–3.48) | |
| Trend test | p=0.02 | p=0.01 | p=0.01 | p=0.14 | p<0.01 | ||||||
| Prostate | Tertile 1 | 14 | Ref | 15 | Ref | 16 | Ref | 18 | Ref | 16 | Ref |
| Tertile 2 | 29 | 2.49 (1.32–4.72) | 20 | 1.78 (0.91–3.48) | 20 | 1.57 (0.81–3.04) | 27 | 1.78 (0.98–3.24) | 22 | 1.95 (1.02–3.73) | |
| Tertile 3 | 54 | 2.45 (1.35–4.41) | 62 | 2.55 (1.45–4.50) | 61 | 2.45 (1.40–4.26) | 52 | 1.88 (1.09–3.22) | 59 | 2.60 (1.50–4.54) | |
| Trend test | p=0.01 | p<0.01 | p<0.01 | p=0.03 | p<0.01 | ||||||
| Testis | Tertile 1 | 6 | Ref | 8 | Ref | 7 | Ref | 7 | Ref | 6 | Ref |
| Tertile 2 | 8 | 1.27 (0.44–3.66) | 6 | 0.71 (0.25–2.04) | 7 | 0.97 (0.34–2.78) | 9 | 1.21 (0.45–3.26) | 8 | 1.26 (0.44–3.65) | |
| Tertile 3 | 4 | 0.62 (0.17–2.25) | 4 | 0.46 (0.13–1.60) | 4 | 0.54 (0.15–1.89) | 2 | 0.26 (0.05–1.28) | 4 | 0.62 (0.17–2.26) | |
| Trend test | p=0.51 | p=0.21 | p=0.35 | p=0.13 | p=0.51 | ||||||
| Urinary tract | Tertile 1 | 5 | Ref | 4 | Ref | 5 | Ref | 3 | Ref | 4 | Ref |
| Tertile 2 | 7 | 1.57 (0.50–4.95) | 6 | 1.80 (0.51–6.39) | 7 | 1.58 (0.50–4.99) | 6 | 2.18 (0.54–8.72) | 4 | 1.23 (0.31–4.96) | |
| Tertile 3 | 8 | 0.99 (0.32–3.06) | 10 | 1.51 (0.47–4.86) | 8 | 1.00 (0.32–3.09) | 11 | 2.37 (0.66–8.57) | 12 | 2.01 (0.66–6.46) | |
| Trend test | p=0.91 | p=0.55 | p=0.92 | p=0.21 | p=0.19 | ||||||
| Kidney | Tertile 1 | 2 | Ref | 2 | Ref | 3 | Ref | 2 | Ref | 2 | Ref |
| Tertile 2 | 5 | 2.73 (0.53–14.11) | 4 | 2.30 (0.42–12.61) | 6 | 2.23 (0.56–8.94) | 3 | 1.60 (0.27–9.60) | 2 | 1.17 (0.16–8.34) | |
| Tertile 3 | 5 | 1.68 (0.32–8.75) | 6 | 1.96 (0.39–9.87) | 3 | 0.65 (0.13–3.26) | 7 | 2.47 (0.51–12.03) | 8 | 2.97 (0.62–14.15) | |
| Trend test | p=0.65 | p=0.47 | p=0.55 | p=0.24 | p=0.13 | ||||||
| Lympho-haematopoietic | Tertile 1 | 12 | Ref | 14 | Ref | 15 | Ref | 12 | Ref | 13 | Ref |
| Tertile 2 | 11 | 0.95 (0.42–2.16) | 12 | 0.92 (0.42–2.01) | 17 | 1.19 (0.59–2.40) | 15 | 1.22 (0.57–2.63) | 16 | 1.40 (0.65–2.86) | |
| Tertile 3 | 19 | 1.06 (0.50–2.24) | 16 | 0.76 (0.36–1.60) | 10 | 0.46 (0.20–1.05) | 15 | 0.86 (0.40–1.87) | 13 | 0.72 (0.33–1.60) | |
| Trend test | p=0.90 | p=0.46 | p=0.07 | p=0.66 | p=0.40 | ||||||
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | Tertile 1 | 6 | Ref | 7 | Ref | 8 | Ref | 6 | Ref | 5 | Ref |
| Tertile 2 | 5 | 0.88 (0.27–2.89) | 5 | 0.78 (0.25–2.45) | 7 | 0.95 (0.34–2.61) | 7 | 1.17 (0.40–3.48) | 8 | 1.76 (0.57–5.40) | |
| Tertile 3 | 7 | 0.91 (0.30–2.73) | 6 | 0.70 (0.23–2.12) | 3 | 0.32 (0.08–1.23) | 5 | 0.65 (0.20–2.16) | 5 | 0.85 (0.24–2.98) | |
| Trend test | p=0.86 | p=0.52 | p=0.11 | p=0.49 | p=0.81 | ||||||
Bold/not bold was to show groups and subsets.