Table 4

Cause-Specific Proportional Mortality Ratios (PMRs) for Females

Cause Of Death
Observed
Expected
PMR
95% CI

All Causes of Death
4,669
4,669.00
100.0
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     All Malignant Neoplasms
1,667
1,454.39
114.6†
110.3
119.1
          Cancer of Pancreas
71
66.29
107.1
85.0
134.9
          Cancer of Breast
418
306.15
136.5†
124.6
149.6
          Cancer of Kidney
31
22.91
135.3
95.4
192.0
          Cancer of Central Nervous System
51
38.53
132.4†
100.8
173.8
          Malignant Melanoma of Skin
26
19.61
132.6
90.5
194.3
          Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
70
50.16
139.5†
110.7
176.0
     All Heart Disease
998
1,229.92
81.1†
77.1
85.5
     Non-malignant Respiratory Disease
279
348.41
80.1†
71.6
89.6
     All External Causes of Death
288
341.75
84.3†
76.2
93.2

Female Corporate Mortality File deaths compared to female U.S. deaths due to all causes, 1969–2001.

† = p < 0.05

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