Table 7

Cause-Specific Proportional Cancer Mortality Ratios (PCMRs) for Female Manufacturing Workers
Cause Of Death
 Observed
 Expected
 PCMR
 95% CI
All Malignant Neoplasms
 302
 302.00
 100.0
 ---
 ---
     Cancer of Buccal Cavity & Pharynx
 1
 3.46
 28.9
 4.6
 179.8
     Cancer of Digestive Organs & Peritoneum
 49
 54.62
 89.7
 69.7
 115.4
          Cancer of Esophagus
 3
 3.01
 99.7
 32.4
 307.3
          Cancer of Stomach
 9
 5.26
 171.0
 90.2
 324.2
          Cancer of Large Intestine
 17
 22.06
 77.1
 48.9
 121.6
          Cancer of Rectum
 3
 3.77
 79.6
 25.9
 244.6
          Cancer of Biliary Passages & Liver
 2
 5.98
 33.4
 9.1
 123.3
          Cancer of Pancreas
 14
 12.69
 110.3
 66.1
 183.9
          Cancer of All Other Digestive Organs
 1
 1.84
 54.4
 7.9
 372.2
     Cancer of Respiratory System
 65
 73.66
 88.2
 71.6
 108.7
          Cancer of Larynx
 1
 1.17
 85.3
 12.1
 601.6
          Cancer of Trachea, Bronchus, & Lung
 64
 71.86
 89.1
 72.1
 110.0
          Cancer of All Other Respiratory Organs
 0
 .63
 ---
 ---
 ---
     Cancer of Breast
 65
 67.00
 97.0
 78.5
 119.9
     All Uterine Cancers
 8
 16.05
 49.9†
 25.8
 96.3
          Cancer of Cervix Uteri
 3
 9.25
 32.4†
 11.4
 92.4
     Cancer of Other Female Genital Organs
 25
 19.00
 131.6
 90.1
 192.0
     Cancer of Kidney
 10
 4.71
 212.2†
 116.4
 386.9
     Cancer of Bladder & Other Urinary Organs
 1
 2.31
 43.2
 6.5
 287.6
     Malignant Melanoma of Skin
 2
 4.21
 47.5
 12.4
 181.5
     Cancer of Eye
 0
 .14
 ---
 ---
 ---
     Cancer of Brain and Other Central Nervous System
 10
 8.40
 119.1
 64.8
 219.0
     Cancer of Thyroid & Other Endocrine Glands
 0
 1.10
 ---
 ---
 ---
     Cancer of Bone
 0
 .60
 ---
 ---
 ---
     Cancer of All Lymphatic, Hematopoietic Tissue
 40
 24.64
 162.4†
 121.2
 217.5
          Lymphosarcoma & Reticulosarcoma
 0
 1.12
 ---
 ---
 ---
          Hodgkin's Disease
 3
 1.26
 237.7
 80.4
 702.6
          Leukemia & Aleukemia
 15
 9.05
 165.8†
 101.6
 270.8
          Cancer of All Other Lymphopoietic Tissue
 22
 13.21
 166.5†
 111.2
 249.4
          Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
 14
 9.74
 143.8
 86.2
 240.0
          Multiple Myeloma
 8
 4.50
 177.8
 90.3
 350.2
     All Other Malignant Neoplasms
 26
 22.10
 117.6
 81.3
 170.2

Female Corporate Manufacturing File manufacturing worker deaths compared to female U.S. cancer deaths, 1969–2001.

† = p < 0.05

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