Table 3.
Causes of death through 2004: SMRs and CIs based on US white male rates
| 95% Confidence limits | |||||
| Cause of death (ICD-9 codes) | Observed | Expected | SMR | Lower | Upper |
| Tuberculosis | 147 | 6.8 | 21.75† | 18.37 | 25.56 |
| All malignant neoplasms | 896 | 795.4 | 1.13† | 1.05 | 1.20 |
| Buccal cavity and pharynx | 20 | 19.9 | 1.01 | 0.62 | 1.55 |
| Digestive organs and peritoneum | 218 | 209.9 | 1.04 | 0.91 | 1.19 |
| Larynx | 10 | 10.1 | 0.99 | 0.48 | 1.82 |
| Bronchus, trachea, lung | 359 | 261.5 | 1.37† | 1.23 | 1.52 |
| Cancer of prostate | 61 | 68.5 | 0.89 | 0.68 | 1.14 |
| Kidney | 28 | 19.8 | 1.41 | 0.94 | 2.04 |
| Bladder and other urinary organs | 34 | 23.8 | 1.43 | 0.99 | 2.00 |
| All lymphatic, haematopoietic tissue | 73 | 78.8 | 0.93 | 0.73 | 1.16 |
| All other malignant neoplasms | 93 | 105.1 | 0.88 | 0.71 | 1.08 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 217 | 213.0 | 1.02 | 0.89 | 1.16 |
| All heart disease | 1219 | 1372.4 | 0.89† | 0.84 | 0.94 |
| Non-malignant respiratory disease | 377 | 272.5 | 1.38† | 1.25 | 1.53 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 71 | 88.1 | 0.81 | 0.63 | 1.02 |
| Bronchitis, emphysema, asthma | 77 | 81.6 | 0.94 | 0.75 | 1.18 |
| Silicosis | 55 | 0.9 | 59.13† | 44.55 | 76.97 |
| Other non-malignant respiratory disease | 174 | 100.0 | 1.74† | 1.50 | 2.02 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 67 | 61.2 | 1.09 | 0.85 | 1.39 |
| Cirrhosis of liver | 63 | 77.3 | 0.82 | 0.63 | 1.04 |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | 34 | 34.4 | 0.99 | 0.68 | 1.38 |
| All external causes of death | 264 | 304.7 | 0.87* | 0.77 | 0.98 |
| All other causes of death | 326 | 410.7 | 0.79† | 0.71 | 0.89 |
ICD-9, 9th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases; SMR, standardised mortality ratio.
*
Significant at the 5% level.
†
Significant at the 1% level.