Table 5.
Linear excess relative risk coefficients for the four categories of employment and radiation exposure status
| ERR Sv−1 (number of deaths, 90% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| External | Internal | ||||
| Cause of death | Male Ind | Male non-Ind | Male Ind | Male non-Ind | Test for homogeneity χ2 (3 df) [P] |
| Underlying causes | |||||
| All non-cancersa | 0.63 (2600, 0.12–1.22) | 0.51 (848, −0.48–1.79) | 0.70 (3155, 0.38–1.08) | −0.03 (742, −0.39–0.44) | 4.49 [0.21] |
| All non-cancersa ex circulatory disease | −0.60 (745, <−1.63–0.18) | −0.68 (214, <−1.72–0.96) | 0.55 (880, 0.006–1.27) | 0.61 (187, −0.19–1.92) | 5.35 [0.15] |
| Respiratory disease | −1.00 (398, <−1.00–−0.11) | 1.41 (83, −1.02–6.71) | 0.94 (505, 0.10–2.14) | 0.28 (86, <−0.66–2.02) | 6.50 [0.090] |
| Lung cancer | 0.06 (348, <−1.2–1.98) | 3.78 (72, −0.31–12.29) | −0.22 (468, −0.69–0.45) | −0.11 (82, <−1.10–1.65) | 2.45 [0.49] |
| Digestive diseases | 1.48 (117, <−0.86–5.72) | −1.54 (45, <−1.54–0.35) | 0.30 (124, −0.77–2.49) | 2.20 (32, −0.43–18.01) | 3.91 [0.27] |
| Circulatory disease | 1.25 (1855, 0.56–2.08) | 1.38 (634, −0.05–3.27) | 0.76 (2275, 0.37–1.23) | −0.29 (555, <−0.66–0.21) | 10.3 [0.016] |
| IHD | 1.69 (1261, 0.78–2.82) | 1.45 (434, −0.28–3.91) | 0.52 (1494, 0.09–1.06) | 0.05 (378, −0.48–0.84) | 5.94 [0.11] |
| CeVD | −0.20 (362, −0.94–1.04) | 0.31 (105, <−1.99–4.49) | 1.47 (456, 0.49–3.00) | −0.61 (95, <−0.61–0.11) | 8.07 [0.045] |
| Other circulatory disease | 2.23 (232, 0.25–6.44) | 2.53 (95, <−1.62–10.33) | 0.83 (325, 0.02–2.40) | −0.61 (82, <−0.61–0.45) | 5.63 [0.13] |
| Circulatory disease ex CeVD | 1.81 (1493, 0.94–2.87) | 1.68 (529, −0.02–3.94) | 0.60 (1819, 0.20–1.10) | −0.12 (460, −0.56–0.52) | 9.62 [0.022] |
| Underlying and contributory causes | |||||
| Diabetes | 4.88 (111, 1.26–11.50) | 0.58 (37, <−2.71–7.87) | 0.73 (169, −0.21–2.27) | −0.15 (42, <−0.15–3.66) | 3.94 [0.27] |
| Circulatory disease | 0.92 (2256, 0.34–1.59) | 1.67 (750, 0.38–3.33) | 0.55 (2801, 0.22–0.92) | −0.007 (669, −0.36–0.86) | 6.37 [0.095] |
| IHD | 1.69 (1462, 0.89–2.69) | 1.22 (495, −0.24–3.22) | 0.50 (1763, 0.11–0.98) | 0.14 (445, −0.44–1.03) | 6.65 [0.084] |
| CeVD | −0.35 (464, <−1.00–0.68) | 0.20 (145, <−1.67–3.41) | 1.52 (625, 0.63–2.73) | 0.16 (131, −0.51–1.39) | 5.86 [0.12] |
| Respiratory disease | 0.24 (1010, −0.43–1.11) | 1.55 (266, −0.23–4.24) | 0.38 (1301, −0.03–0.88) | 0.42 (236, −0.28–1.54) | 1.09 [>0.5] |
IHD: ischaemic heart disease; CeVD: cerebro vascular disease.
aExcluding accidents and violence.