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Table 1 Male adult mortality rates in Mayak 3-plants workers, other Ozyorsk residents and in Russian Federation, 1998–2010

From: Mortality of populations potentially exposed to ionising radiation, 1953–2010, in the closed city of Ozyorsk, Southern Urals: a descriptive study

  

3-Plants workers

Other Ozyorsk residents

Russian federation

3-Plants workers to other residents

Other residents to Russia

3-Plants workers to Russia

Cause-of-death

ICD-9 code

N

ASR

(95 % CI)

N

ASR

(95 % CI)

ASR

SRR

(95 % CI)

SRR

(95 % CI)

SRR

(95 % CI)

All

001–999

2043

1332

(1273, 1394)

3614

1733

(1676, 1793)

2009

0.77

(0.73, 0.81)

0.86

(0.83, 0.89)

0.66

(0.63, 0.69)

All cancers

140–209+

434

262

(237, 290)

547

295

(270, 321)

304

0.89

(0.78, 1.01)

0.97

(0.89, 1.05)

0.86

(0.78, 0.95)

Lip, oral cavity, pharynx c.

140–149

14

8

(4, 17)

37

19

(13, 27)

15

0.43

(0.23, 0.80)

1.26

(0.91, 1.74)

0.54

(0.32, 0.92)

Digestive organs and peritoneum c.

150–159

163

99

(84, 117)

213

117

(101, 134)

NA

0.85

(0.69, 1.04)

NA

 

NA

 

  Stomach cancer

151

55

34

(25, 46)

64

35

(27, 45)

44

0.96

(0.67, 1.38)

0.80

(0.62, 1.02)

0.77

(0.59, 1.00)

  Rectum cancer

154

33

20

(13, 30)

43

24

(17, 32)

13a

0.83

(0.52, 1.31)

1.77

(1.31, 2.40)

1.46

(1.04, 2.06)

  Liver cancer

155

3

2

(0, 9)

9

5

(2, 9)

9b

0.35

(0.09, 1.29)

0.54

(0.28, 1.04)

0.19

(0.06, 0.58)

  Pancreas cancer

157

28

17

(11, 28)

33

18

(12, 26)

14b

0.96

(0.58, 1.60)

1.28

(0.91, 1.81)

1.23

(0.84, 1.79)

Respiratory and intrathoracic c.

160–165

143

82

(69, 99)

157

87

(74, 102)

NA

0.95

(0.76, 1.19)

NA

 

NA

 

  Larynx cancer

161

15

9

(5, 18)

25

13

(8, 20)

10 b

0.68

(0.35, 1.29)

1.26

(0.85, 1.88)

0.85

(0.51, 1.43)

  Lung cancer

162

125

72

(60, 88)

126

71

(59, 84)

94

1.02

(0.79, 1.30)

0.75

(0.63, 0.90)

0.77

(0.64, 0.91)

Bone, connective tissues, skin c.

170–175

13

9

(5, 18)

15

7

(4, 12)

NA

1.25

(0.59, 2.67)

NA

 

NA

 

Genitourinary organs c.

179–189

49

29

(21, 41)

56

31

(23, 41)

NA

0.93

(0.63, 1.37)

NA

 

NA

 

Other and unspecified c.

190–199

33

22

(15, 34)

31

14

(10, 21)

NA

1.53

(0.92, 2.55)

NA

 

NA

 

Haematological malignancies

200–208

19

13

(7, 23)

38

19

(14, 27)

14

a

0.65

(0.36, 1.18)

1.37

(0.99, 1.90)

0.89

(0.54, 1.47)

  Multiple myeloma

203

5

3

(1, 10)

8

4

(2, 8)

1 b

0.66

(0.21, 2.03)

2.82

(1.39, 5.69)

1.86

(0.77, 4.47)

  Leukemia

204–208

6

4

(1, 11)

19

9

(6, 15)

7

0.38

(0.15, 0.96)

1.38

(0.87, 2.20)

0.52

(0.23, 1.17)

Infectious and parasitic diseases

001–139

15

10

(6, 19)

42

18

(13, 24)

55

0.56

(0.31, 1.03)

0.32

(0.24, 0.44)

0.18

(0.11, 0.30)

Circulatory system diseases

390–459

882

543

(507, 582)

1374

731

(692, 771)

905

0.74

(0.68, 0.81)

0.81

(0.77, 0.85)

0.60

(0.56, 0.64)

  Ischemic heart disease

410–414

555

343

(315, 375)

841

443

(413, 474)

488

0.77

(0.69, 0.86)

0.91

(0.85, 0.97)

0.70

(0.65, 0.76)

  Cerebrovascular disease

430–438

244

146

(128, 167)

378

211

(190, 234)

251

0.69

(0.59, 0.81)

0.84

(0.76, 0.93)

0.58

(0.51, 0.66)

Respiratory system diseases

460–519

50

31

(23, 43)

100

50

(41, 62)

113

0.62

(0.44, 0.87)

0.44

(0.36, 0.54)

0.27

(0.21, 0.36)

Digestive system diseases

520–579

127

83

(69, 100)

180

87

(74, 101)

91

0.95

(0.75, 1.20)

0.95

(0.82, 1.11)

0.91

(0.76, 1.08)

Genitourinary system diseases

580–629

13

8

(4, 16)

26

12

(8, 19)

11

0.62

(0.32, 1.22)

1.08

(0.73, 1.61)

0.67

(0.39, 1.17)

Other causes of death

210–389, 630–799

230

161

(140, 185)

488

214

(195, 235)

108

0.75

(0.64, 0.88)

1.99

(1.81, 2.18)

1.49

(1.30, 1.70)

Injury and poisoning

800–999

292

236

(208, 267)

857

326

(304, 350)

423

0.72

(0.63, 0.83)

0.77

(0.72, 0.83)

0.56

(0.49, 0.63)

  1. Legend: All cause and cause-specific age standardized mortality rates in men per 100 000 male population aged 18–74 years in the workers of the 3 main plant types of Mayak, in the other Ozyorsk residents, and in Russian Federation, in years 1998–2010, and standardised rate ratios. Abbreviations: ICD-9 International Classification of Diseases revision 9, N observed number of deaths, ASR Age standardized rate, CI confidence interval, SRR standardized rate ratio, c. cancers. aonly available for year 1998. bonly available between 1999 and 2010. +No deaths from code 209 observed
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