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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Occup Environ Med. 2014 Oct 30;72(3):165–170. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102382

Table 3. Mortality of cohort from specific cancers, 1946-2012.

Cancera ICD Codes All workers Workers with more than background exposure to styrene
ICD 9 ICD 10 Deaths observed Deaths expected SMR 95%CI Deaths observed Deaths expected SMR 95%CI
Pharynxb 146-149.1 C09-C14.2 9 6.7 1.34 0.61-2.54 7 4.6 1.51 0.61-3.11
Oesophagus 150 C15 47 44.2 1.06 0.78-1.41 35 30.3 1.16 0.80-1.61
Stomach 151 C16 43 57.0 0.75 0.55-1.02 31 36.1 0.86 0.58-1.22
Large intestine 153 C18 49 63.8 0.77 0.57-1.02 36 40.6 0.89 0.62-1.23
Rectum 154 C19-C21 33 39.4 0.84 0.58-1.18 21 25.7 0.82 0.51-1.25
Liverc 155.0-155.1 C22 16 13.6 1.18 0.67-1.91 10 9.4 1.07 0.51-1.96
Pancreas 157 C25 48 42.5 1.13 0.83-1.50 27 27.6 0.98 0.64-1.42
Larynx 161 C32 13 7.6 1.70 0.91-2.91 6 5.2 1.15 0.42-2.50
Lung 162 C33-C34 329 273.6 1.20 1.08-1.34 229 180.2 1.27 1.11-1.45
Melanomab 172 C43 9 10.0 0.90 0.41-1.71 4 6.8 0.59 0.16-1.51
Breast 174, 175 C50 24 31.2 0.77 0.49-1.15 11 11.6 0.95 0.47-1.70
Prostate 185 C61 63 73.0 0.86 0.66-1.10 44 50.7 0.87 0.63-1.17
Bladderb 188 C65-C68 38 32.8 1.16 0.82-1.59 28 21.6 1.29 0.86-1.87
Kidneyb 189 C64 28 21.1 1.33 0.88-1.92 18 14.4 1.25 0.74-1.98
Brain and nervous system 191,192 C71-C72 32 24.5 1.31 0.89-1.84 26 16.7 1.55 1.02-2.28
Hodgkin’s disease 201 C81 2 4.1 0.49 0.06-1.77 2 2.6 0.75 0.09-2.73
Non-Hodgkin lymphomab 200.202.0, 202.1,202.8 C82-C85 24 25.2 0.95 0.61-1.42 14 16.9 0.83 0.45-1.39
Multiple myelomab 203.0 C90 13 13.9 0.94 0.50-1.60 9 9.1 0.99 0.45-1.88
Leukaemia 204-208 C91-C95 23 25.3 0.91 0.58-1.36 13 16.7 0.78 0.42-1.33
Lympho-haematopoietic cancer 200-208 C81-C96 62 69.8 0.89 0.68-1.14 38 46.1 0.82 0.58-1.14
a

Data are limited to cancers with at least four deaths observed or expected in the analysis for all workers. Results for other cancers can be found in Supplementary Table S1.

b

Because of changes in disease classification, the earliest follow-up for these cancers was from 1950.

c

Because of changes in disease classification, the earliest follow-up for this cancer was from 1958.