Table 3.

Cause-Specific Proportional Cancer Mortality Ratios (PCMRs) for Males

Cause Of Death	Observed	Expected	PCMR	95% CI
All Malignant Neoplasms	7,697	7,697.00	100.0	---	---
Cancer of Buccal Cavity & Pharynx	126	189.63	66.4†	56.0	78.8
Cancer of Digestive Organs & Peritoneum	2,025	1,868.27	108.4†	104.4	112.6
Cancer of Esophagus	239	243.68	98.1	86.6	111.1
Cancer of Stomach	225	239.30	94.0	82.7	106.9
Cancer of Large Intestine	780	628.97	124.0†	116.0	132.6
Cancer of Rectum	135	130.29	103.6	87.7	122.5
Cancer of Biliary Passages & Liver	160	200.03	80.0†	68.7	93.2
Cancer of Pancreas	441	372.21	118.5†	108.2	129.8
Cancer of All Other Digestive Organs	45	47.42	94.9	70.9	127.0
Cancer of Respiratory System	2,220	2,837.10	78.2†	75.7	80.8
Cancer of Larynx	44	98.28	44.8†	33.6	59.6
Cancer of Trachea, Bronchus, & Lung	2,151	2,711.92	79.3†	76.7	82.0
Cancer of All Other Respiratory Organs	25	26.90	92.9	62.8	137.4
Cancer of Breast	12	9.51	126.1	71.8	221.8
Cancer of Prostate	648	603.95	107.3	99.9	115.3
Cancer of Testes & Other Male Genital Organs	28	30.85	90.8	63.2	130.3
Cancer of Kidney	265	194.74	136.1†	120.9	153.2
Cancer of Bladder & Other Urinary Organs	194	172.61	112.4	97.8	129.1
Malignant Melanoma of Skin	221	138.23	159.9†	140.6	181.8
Cancer of Eye	2	3.96	50.5	13.0	196.5
Cancer of Brain and Other Central Nervous System	355	219.24	161.9†	146.4	179.1
Cancer of Thyroid & Other Endocrine Glands	43	22.50	191.1†	142.5	256.2
Cancer of Bone	20	20.44	97.8	63.3	151.2
Cancer of All Lymphatic, Hematopoietic Tissue	938	761.22	123.2†	116.1	130.8
Lymphosarcoma & Reticulosarcoma	65	49.84	130.4†	102.6	165.8
Hodgkin's Disease	41	47.21	86.8	64.4	117.1
Leukemia & Aleukemia	327	288.48	113.4†	102.0	126.0
Cancer of All Other Lymphopoietic Tissue	505	375.72	134.4†	123.5	146.3
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma	395	291.46	135.5†	123.1	149.2
Multiple Myeloma	169	126.93	133.1†	114.7	154.5
All Other Malignant Neoplasms	598	631.10	94.8	87.8	102.3

Male Corporate Mortality File deaths compared to male U.S. cancer deaths, 1969–2001.

† = p < 0.05