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Table 3 Observed deaths, SMRs with 95% CI and p-values, stratified by gender and cancer type; Oinofita vs. Voiotia

From: Oral ingestion of hexavalent chromium through drinking water and cancer mortality in an industrial area of Greece - An ecological study

  

TOTAL

MALE

FEMALE

Cause of death

ICD-9 range

Obs.

SMR

95% CI

p-value

Obs.

SMR

95% CI

p-value

Obs.

SMR

95% CI

p-value

Total deaths

 

474

97.9

89.3

107.1

0.661

267

108.0

95.5

121.8

0.219

207

87.3

75.8

100.0

0.502

Cancer deaths

140-208

118

113.6

94.1

136.1

0.184

76

113.6

89.5

142.2

0.293

42

113.7

81.9

153.6

0.447

Lip, oral cavity and pharynx

140-149

3

344.1

71.0

1005.7

0.117

3

468.7*

96.6

1369.6

0.055

     

Stomach

151

6

120.9

44.4

263.2

0.755

4

115.6

31.5

296.1

0.909

2

133.1

16.1

480.8

0.886

Colon

153

6

83.5

30.6

181.7

0.844

1

27.7

0.7

154.3

0.249

5

139.8

45.4

326.2

0.578

Liver primary

155.0

6

1104.2**

405.2

2403.3

<0.001

4

811.7**

221.2

2078.3

0.003

2

3952.3**

478.6

14277.0

0.002

Pancreas

157

6

85.0

31.2

185.0

0.882

4

87.9

24.0

225.1

1.000

2

79.7

9.7

288.0

1.000

Gallbladder and other digestive organs and peritoneum

155.1, 155.2, 156, 158-159

4

41.6

11.3

106.5

0.075

2

32.3

3.9

116.7

0.108

2

58.3

7.1

210.8

0.669

Lung, trachea and bronchus

162

34

145.1**

100.5

202.8

0.047

29

141.9*

95.0

203.8

0.086

5

166.7

54.1

389.1

0.369

Other respiratory system and intrathoracic organs

160, 163-165

2

445.1

53.9

1608.0

0.150

2

693.3*

84.0

2504.3

0.069

     

Bone and articular cartilage

170

1

128.6

3.3

716.7

1.000

1

193.0

4.9

1075.4

0.809

     

Malignant melanoma of skin

172

1

143.6

3.6

800.1

1.000

1

214.9

5.4

1197.2

0.744

     

Female breast

174

9

133.6

61.1

253.5

0.475

     

9

133.6

61.1

253.5

0.475

Cervix uteri

180

1

412.1

10.4

2296.1

0.431

     

1

412.1

10.4

2296.1

0.431

Prostate

185

7

127.9

51.4

263.5

0.620

7

127.9

51.4

263.5

0.620

     

Testis

186

1

2141.5*

54.2

11931.5

0.091

1

2141.5*

54.2

11931.5

0.091

     

Bladder

188

3

82.1

16.9

240.1

1.000

2

65.4

7.9

236.3

0.821

1

168.3

4.3

937.8

0.896

Kidney and other genitourinary organs

184, 187, 189

6

203.5

74.7

442.9

0.158

1

62.9

1.6

350.6

1.000

5

367.8**

119.4

858.3

0.025

Brain

191

4

89.4

24.4

229.0

1.000

3

107.2

22.1

313.3

1.000

1

59.8

1.5

332.9

1.000

Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm

190, 192-199

9

88.0

40.2

167.0

0.859

4

71.1

19.4

182.1

0.677

5

108.5

35.2

253.3

0.976

Leukaemias

204-208

7

167.6

67.4

345.4

0.260

5

172.8

56.1

403.4

0.334

2

155.8

18.9

562.9

0.735

Other lymphoid and hematopoietic tissue

200, 202-203

2

82.2

10.0

297.1

1.000

2

182.8

22.1

660.2

0.598

     
  1. Notes: * Statistically significant at 10% level. ** Statistically significant at 5% level. Types of cancer are classified according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority [17].
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