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. 2009 May 5;117(8):1265–1271. doi: 10.1289/ehp.0800153

Table 3.

SIRs (year, age, and sex adjusted) for cancer among full- and part-time LC residents, compared with NYS.

Males and females combined
Females
Males
Cancer ICD-9 code Obs SIR 95% CI Obs SIR 95% CI Obs SIR 95% CI
All cancers 304 0.95 0.83–1.05 142 0.86 0.72–1.01 162 1.02 0.87–1.18
 Digestive organs and peritoneum 150–159 69 1.03 0.80–1.30 33 1.09 0.75–1.52 36 0.98 0.69–1.36
 Stomach 151 7 1.08 0.44–2.23 2 0.88 0.11–3.20 5 1.19 0.39–2.78
 Colon 153 26 0.88 0.58–1.30 14 0.96 0.52–1.61 12 0.81 0.42–1.42
 Rectum 154 17 1.28 0.74–2.04 9 1.57 0.72–2.98 8 1.06 0.46–2.08
Respiratory and intrathoracic organs 160–165 62 1.07 0.82–1.37 19 0.87 0.53–1.37 43 1.18 0.86–1.59
 Trachea, bronchus, and lung 162 57 1.10 0.83–1.42 19 0.94 0.57–1.47 38 1.20 0.85–1.64
Bone, connective tissue, skin, breast 170–175 50 0.80 0.59–1.06 47 0.84 0.61–1.11 3 0.49 0.10–1.43
 Breast (female only) 174 42 0.82 0.59–1.10 42 0.82 0.59–1.10
Genitourinary organs 179–189 82 0.78 0.77–1.22 26 0.81 0.53–1.18 56 1.09 0.82–1.41
 Body of the uterus (female only) 182 5 0.50 0.16–1.16 5 0.50 0.16–1.16
 Ovary (female only) 183 9 1.14 0.52–2.16 9 1.14 0.52–2.16
 Prostate (male only) 185 29 0.91 0.61–1.30 29 0.91 0.61–1.30
 Bladder 188 23 1.44 0.91–2.16 7 1.68 0.67–3.46 16 1.36 0.78–2.20
 Kidney 189 12 1.48 0.76–2.58 4 1.30 0.35–3.32 8 1.59 0.69–3.13
Other and unspecified sites 190–199 18 0.94 0.56–1.49 10 0.98 0.47–1.81 8 0.90 0.39–1.76
Lymphatic and hematopoietic tissue 200–208 19 0.71 0.43–1.12 7 0.58 0.23–1.20 12 0.82 0.42–1.43

Obs, observed cases. Results are shown only for cancer subgroups that have > 10 observed cases or that have > 5 observed cases and SIRs > 1.00 for at least one comparison.