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. 2008 Apr 25;116(8):1120–1124. doi: 10.1289/ehp.10815

Table 1.

Five-year RR for selected cancer incidences among residents living near contaminated shallow groundwater plumes in communities surrounding HAFB, 1975–2004.

RR (95% confidence interval)
Cancer/period Observed cases Age and sex Age, sex, and SES Age, sex, and RT Age, sex, SES, and RT
Cancers of the lung and bronchus
 1975–1979 17 0.72 (0.42–1.15) 1.27 (0.72–1.98) 0.97 (0.56–1.55) 1.41 (0.82–2.25)
 1980–1984 40 1.26 (0.90–1.71) 1.46 (1.04–2.01) 1.45 (1.03–1.97) 1.51 (1.07–2.07)
 1985–1989 41 1.32 (0.95–1.79) 1.34 (0.96–1.82) 1.30 (0.93–1.76) 1.37 (0.98–1.86)
 1990–1994 38 0.97 (0.68–1.33) 0.90 (0.63–1.25) 0.85 (0.60–1.16) 1.02 (0.71–1.42)
 1995–1999 59 1.52 (1.16–1.97) 1.37 (1.04–1.78) 1.37 (1.04–1.77) 1.48 (1.12–1.92)
 2000–2004 57 1.24 (0.94–1.61) 0.98 (0.74–1.28) 1.03 (0.78–1.33) 1.09 (0.82–1.43)
Cancers of the kidney and renal pelvis
 1975–1979 6 0.92 (0.34–2.01) 0.88 (0.28–2.05) 1.04 (0.38–2.26) 0.70 (0.23–1.63)
 1980–1984 3 0.62 (0.13–1.81) 0.51 (0.06–1.83) 0.72 (0.15–2.09) 0.50 (0.06–1.82)
 1985–1989 7 1.01 (0.41–2.09) 0.86 (0.35–1.78) 0.98 (0.39–2.01) 0.89 (0.36–1.84)
 1990–1994 14 2.23 (1.22–3.75) 2.95 (1.57–5.04) 2.20 (1.20–3.69) 3.17 (1.69–5.42)
 1995–1999 13 1.09 (0.58–1.86) 1.01 (0.57–1.91) 1.10 (0.58–1.88) 1.22 (0.63–2.13)
 2000–2004 14 0.93 (0.51–1.55) 0.86 (0.47–1.45) 0.79 (0.43–1.32) 0.68 (0.37–1.14)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
 1975–1979 7 0.76 (0.31–1.57) 0.91 (0.36–1.87) 1.14 (0.46–2.34) 1.28 (0.52–2.65)
 1980–1984 11 0.74 (0.37–1.32) 0.90 (0.45–1.61) 0.84 (0.42–1.50) 0.94 (0.47–1.67)
 1985–1989 20 1.25 (0.76–1.93) 1.21 (0.74–1.86) 1.55 (0.95–2.40) 1.44 (0.88–2.22)
 1990–1994 21 1.15 (0.71–1.76) 1.20 (0.74–1.86) 1.28 (0.79–1.96) 1.50 (0.92–2.32)
 1995–1999 28 1.44 (0.96–2.08) 1.32 (0.86–1.94) 1.21 (0.81–1.75) 1.16 (0.76–1.71)
 2000–2004 29 0.99 (0.66–1.42) 0.87 (0.58–1.26) 0.95 (0.64–1.36) 0.91 (0.60–1.31)