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. 2015 Sep 5;25(9):567–573. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20140197

Table 2. Overall and site-specific standardized incidence ratio of cancer in patients with type 1 diabetes in Taiwan, 2000–2008.

Cancer site
(ICD-9-CM codes)
Male Female


Number of incident cancers Standardized incidence ratioa Number of incident cancers Standardized incidence ratio




Observed Expected Estimate 95% CI Observed Expected Estimate 95% CI
Stomach (151) 17 15.8 1.08 0.63–1.72 14 10.5 1.33 0.73–2.24
Colon (153) 31 20.6 1.50 1.02–2.14 39 20 1.95 1.39–2.67
Rectum (154) 27 16.5 1.64 1.08–2.38 15 14 1.07 0.60–1.77
Liver (155) 92 56.6 1.63 1.31–1.99 30 29.9 1.00 0.68–1.43
Pancreas (157) 12 4.6 2.61 1.35–4.56 16 3.9 4.10 2.35–6.66
Lung (162) 51 38.7 1.32 0.98–1.73 35 25.3 1.38 0.96–1.92
Prostate (185) 66 21.2 3.11 2.41–3.96        
Bladder (188) 17 37.8 0.45 0.26–0.72 11 3.8 2.89 1.45–5.18
Kidney (184, 189) 11 5.2 2.12 1.06–3.79 13 8.6 1.51 0.80–2.58
Female breast (174)     NA   56 54.1 1.04 0.78–1.34
Cervix uteri (180)     NA   27 19.2 1.41 0.93–2.05
Endometrial (179, 182)     NA   12 6.32 1.90 0.98–3.32
Ovary (188)     NA   7 1.8 3.89 1.56–8.01
All-cause 427 392.0 1.09 0.99–1.20 333 279.1 1.19 1.07–1.33

CI, confidence interval; NA, not applicable.

aStandardized for age and calendar year.