Table 4. Observed and expected numbers of cases of leukemia and standardized incidence ratios (SIR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI)—whole study region*1.
Region Name of nuclear power plant | Observed*2 | Expected*2, 3 | SIR | Lower limit of 95% CI | Upper limit of 95% CI |
Whole study region | 619 | 623.67 | 0.99 | 0.92 | 1.07 |
Administrative district groups (15 NPP sites) | |||||
Brunsbüttel | 33 | 38.16 | 0.86 | 0.60 | 1.21 |
Brokdorf | 58 | 49.72 | 1.17 | 0.89 | 1.51 |
Krümmel | 40 | 40.56 | 0.99 | 0.70 | 1.34 |
Stade | 67 | 57.10 | 1.17 | 0.91 | 1.49 |
Unterweser | 34 | 34.51 | 0.99 | 0.68 | 1.38 |
Lingen/Emsland | 55 | 56.11 | 0.97 | 0.73 | 1.26 |
Grohnde | 49 | 42.14 | 1.16 | 0.86 | 1.54 |
Würgassen | 40 | 42.16 | 0.95 | 0.68 | 1.29 |
Grafenrheinfeld | 24 | 21.26 | 1.13 | 0.72 | 1.68 |
Biblis | 51 | 60.20 | 0.85 | 0.63 | 1.11 |
Obrigheim | 31 | 33.96 | 0.91 | 0.62 | 1.30 |
Neckarwestheim | 121 | 120.96 | 1.00 | 0.83 | 1.20 |
Philippsburg | 111 | 104.95 | 1.06 | 0.87 | 1.27 |
Isar | 31 | 25.54 | 1.21 | 0.82 | 1.70 |
Gundremmingen | 38 | 42.00 | 0.90 | 0.64 | 1.24 |
*1 For the whole study region and for the 15 groups of administrative districts assigned to the individual NPP sites (95% CI corresponds to two-sided test at 5% level)
*2 Leukemias in children under 5 years old
*3 Expected incidence based on known incidence for whole of Germany