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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2012 Sep 29;120:71–75. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.09.003

Table 2.

Observed and expected numbers of deaths and standardized mortality ratio (SMR) for overall and cause-specific deaths among 1,803 Yucheng subjects, from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2008.

Cause of death (ICD 9) Males Females Total

O E SMR (95% CI) O E SMR (95% CI) O E SMR (95% CI)

All causes (001–999) 178 143.9 1.2 (1.2–1.4) 117 105.4 1.1 (0.9–1.3) 295 248.9 1.2 (1.1–1.3)
Infectious and parasitic diseases (001–139) 9 6.0 1.5 (0.7–2.8) 2 3.5 0.6 (0.1–1.9) 11 9.4 1.2 (0.6–2.0)
Neoplasms (140–239) 46 36.4 1.3 (0.9–1.7) 21 26.4 0.8 (0.5–1.2) 67 62.6 1.1 (0.8–1.4)
Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts(155) 4 9.0 0.4 (0.1–1.1) 6 2.8 2.1 (0.9–4.5) 10 11.7 0.9 (0.4–1.5)
Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung (162) 10 6.5 1.5 (0.8–2.7) 1 2.8 0.4 (0.0–1.7) 11 10.2 1.1 (0.6–1.9)
Malignant neoplasm of stomach (151) 7 2.0 3.5 (1.5–7.0) 1 2.0 0.5 (0–2.5) 8 4.0 2.0 (0.9–3.8)
Malignant neoplasm of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissue (200–208) 5 1.7 3.0 (1.1–6.6) 0 1.6 -- 5 3.3 1.5 (0.6–3.4))
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland (193) 0 0 -- 2 1.0 2.0 (0.3–6.7) 2 0.9 2.2 (0.4–7.2)
Malignant neoplasm of female breast (174) 0 0 -- 4 3.6 1.1 (0.4–2.7) -- -- --
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases and immunity disorders (240–279) 7 10.3 0.7 (0.3–1.3) 11 9.7 1.1 (0.6–2.0) 18 20.0 0.9 (0.5–1.4)
Diabetes mellitus (250) 3 9.4 0.3 (0.1–0.9) 9 9.5 1.0 (0.5–1.7) 12 19.0 0.6 (0.3–1.1)
Mental disorders (290–319) 0 1.3 -- 0 0.3 -- 0 1.3 --
Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs (320–389) 1 1.9 0.5 (0.0–2.6) 1 1.6 0.6 (0.0–3.2) 2 3.5 0.6 (0.1–1.9)
Disease of the circulatory system (390–459) 38 32.0 1.2 (0.9–1.6) 33 22.2 1.5 (1.0–2.1) 71 54.5 1.3 (1.0–1.6)
Acute myocardial infarction (410) 8 2.4 3.3 (1.6–6.4) 3 3.2 0.9 (0.2–2.5) 11 5.6 2.0 (1.0–3.4)
Other forms of heart disease (420–429) 11 5.0 2.2 (1.2–3.8) 9 3.7 2.4 (1.2–4.5) 20 8.7 2.3 (1.4–3.5)
Cardiac dysrhythmias (427) 1 0.3 3.0 (0.1–14.4) 3 0.3 9.6 (2.4–26.0) 4 0.7 5.8 (1.8–13.9)
Late effects of cerebrovascular disease (438) 3 1.8 1.7 (0.4–4.5) 4 0.7 5.4 (1.7–13.1) 7 2.4 2.9 (1.3–5.7)
Diseases of the respiratory system (460–519) 7 9.7 0.7 (0.3–1.4) 7 7.2 1.0 (0.4–1.9) 14 16.7 0.8 (0.5–1.4)
Disease of the digestive system (520–579) 23 12.1 1.9 (1.2–2.8) 9 11.8 0.8 (0.4–1.4) 32 24.1 1.4 (0.9–1.9)
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (571) 16 6.5 2.5 (1.5–3.9) 3 5.9 0.5 (0.1–1.4) 19 12.4 1.5 (1.0–2.3)
Disease of the genitourinary system (580–629) 6 3.7 1.6 (0.7–3.4) 6 6.2 1.0 (0.4–2.0) 12 9.9 1.2 (0.7–2.1)
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (680–709) 1 0.3 3.1 (0.2–15.4) 0 0.9 -- 1 1.2 0.8 (0.0–4.2)
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (710–739) 1 0.7 1.4 (0.1–6.7) 6 0.4 16.5 (6.7–34.3) 7 1.1 6.4 (2.8–12.7)
Systemic lupus erythematosus (710) 1 0 -- 5 0 -- 6 0 --
Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions (780–799) 8 8.6 1.0 (0.4–1.8) 7 4.9 1.4 (0.6–2.8) 15 13.2 1.1 (0.7–1.8)
Injury and poisoning (800–999) 27 18.5 1.5 (1.0–2.1) 12 9.0 1.3 (0.7–2.3) 39 27.3 1.4 (1.0–1.9)

ICD-9: International Classification of Diseases, ninth revision; O: Observed numbers; E: Expected numbers 95% CI=95% confidence interval calculated based on Mid-P tests; Bolded text: The ratio of Yucheng observed number of deaths over expected number of deaths is significant.