Table 4

Observed number of cases or deaths and standardised incidence ratios (SIRs) or standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) with 95% CIs for selected cancer sites in men in the Norwegian Fire Departments Cohort stratified by age at diagnosis (n=4295)

Cancer siteICD-10Age at diagnosis
≤49 years (65 816 pyr)50–69 years (40 232 pyr)≥70 years (11 410 pyr)
Obs.Ratio95% CIObs.Ratio95% CIObs.Ratio95% CI
All cancers, SIRC00-C97720.990.78 to 1.254041.090.98 to 1.204401.251.14 to 1.37
All cancers, SMRC00-C97160.770.44 to 1.251370.990.83 to 1.172231.191.04 to 1.36
Oesophagus, SIRC1500.000.00 to 5.7471.420.57 to 2.9371.940.78 to 3.99
Oesophagus*, SMRC1500.000.00 to 9.2571.740.70 to 3.5972.060.83 to 4.25
Stomach, SIRC16<51.240.26 to 3.63221.510.95 to 2.28161.180.67 to 1.91
Stomach*, SMRC16<51.790.37 to 5.24141.290.70 to 2.16131.160.62 to 1.98
Colon, SIRC18<50.740.15 to 2.16301.110.75 to 1.59491.471.09 to 1.94
Colon, SMRC18<50.700.02 to 3.89171.600.93 to 2.57170.990.58 to 1.59
Rectum, rectosigmoid, SIRC19-C21<51.120.23 to 3.28190.910.55 to 1.42201.110.68 to 1.71
Rectum, rectosigmoid, SMRC19-C2100.000.00 to 3.6960.850.31 to 1.86151.680.94 to 2.78
Liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, SIRC22-C24<51.340.03 to 7.4651.050.34 to 2.4692.050.94 to 3.89
Liver, gallbladder, bile ducts*, SMRC22-C24<51.810.05 to 10.1<51.170.32 to 2.9992.471.13 to 4.69
Larynx, SIRC3200.000.00 to 5.69<50.680.14 to 2.00104.101.97 to 7.55
Larynx, SMRC3200.000.00 to 32.7<50.920.02 to 5.13<53.711.01 to 9.50
Lung, SIRC33-C34<50.930.25 to 2.38350.760.53 to 1.06521.341.00 to 1.75
Lung, SMRC33-C34<50.680.08 to 2.45240.670.43 to 1.00411.200.86 to 1.63
Cutaneous melanoma, SIRC43101.110.53 to 2.05241.320.84 to 1.96161.330.76 to 2.17
Cutaneous melanoma, SMRC4300.000.00 to 1.80102.431.17 to 4.47<50.910.19 to 2.67
Non-melanoma skin†, SIRC44<51.220.15 to 4.42111.040.52 to 1.86240.920.59 to 1.37
Non-melanoma skin†, SMRC4400.000.00 to 95.000.000.00 to 9.69<51.260.03 to 7.03
Mesothelioma, SIRC4500.000.00 to 28.4<52.860.78 to 7.33<52.530.69 to 6.48
Mesothelioma*, SMRC4500.000.00 to 148<54.360.90 to 12.7<51.830.22 to 6.60
Prostate, SIRC61<52.420.66 to 6.201201.251.03 to 1.491071.090.89 to 1.32
Prostate, SMRC6100.000.00 to 20.680.760.33 to 1.49471.070.79 to 1.43
Testis, SIRC62161.440.82 to 2.34<51.020.12 to 3.6800.000.00 to 11.7
Testis, SMRC6200.000.00 to 4.4800.000.00 to 11.300.000.00 to 23.9
Kidney‡, SIRC64<50.710.09 to 2.58120.900.46 to 1.57182.171.29 to 3.43
Kidney‡, SMRC64<52.790.34 to 10.1<50.770.21 to 1.9661.140.42 to 2.48
Urinary tract§, SIRC65-C68<50.970.20 to 2.83250.960.62 to 1.42451.471.07 to 1.96
Urinary tract§, SMRC65-C6800.000.00 to 11.2<50.730.15 to 2.12131.330.71 to 2.27
Thyroid, SIRC73<50.690.02 to 3.84<51.910.52 to 4.88<51.050.03 to 5.86
Thyroid, SMRC7300.000.00 to 44.8<52.600.07 to 14.5<52.230.06 to 12.4
Hodgkin lymphoma, SIRC8100.000.00 to 1.39<51.370.17 to 4.9600.000.00 to 5.98
Hodgkin lymphoma, SMRC8100.000.00 to 5.93<51.750.04 to 9.7500.000.00 to 9.11
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, SIRC82-C86, C9661.480.54 to 3.22141.210.66 to 2.0470.830.33 to 1.70
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, SMRC82-C86, C9600.000.00 to 2.7151.240.40 to 2.90<50.800.22 to 2.06
Multiple myeloma, SIRC9000.000.00 to 3.5150.860.28 to 2.0050.900.29 to 2.10
Multiple myeloma, SMRC9000.000.00 to 10.4<50.650.08 to 2.3561.360.50 to 2.96
Leukaemia, SIRC91-C95<50.390.01 to 2.1880.970.42 to 1.9160.810.30 to 1.77
Leukaemia, SMRC91-C9500.000.00 to 2.4361.510.55 to 3.2861.070.39 to 2.33
  • Follow-up from 1 January 1960 to 31 December 2018.

  • *Observed number of deaths corrected to be in line with morphologically confirmed diagnoses, as described in the text (Results, paragraph 3–6).

  • †Excluding basal cell carcinoma.

  • ‡Excluding renal pelvis.

  • §Including bladder and renal pelvis.

  • ICD, International Classification of Diseases; Obs., observed; pyr, person-years.