Table IV.
Cause-specific mortality by calendar year of death among a white male police officer, 1950-2005.
| Calendar year of death |
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| Underlying cause of death (8th ICD revision) |
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| OBS | EXP | SMR | 95% CI | OBS | EXP | SMR | 95% CI | OBS | EXP | SMR | 95% CI | OBS | EXP | SMR | 95% CI | OBS | EXP | SMR | 95% CI | OBS | EXP | SMR | 95% CI | |
| All causes of death (000-998) | 167 | 132.97 | 1.26 | 1.07-1.46* | 275 | 209.13 | 1.31 | 1.16-1.48* | 279 | 250.02 | 1.12 | 0.99-1.25 | 310 | 256.04 | 1.21 | 1.08-1.35* | 300 | 254.28 | 1.18 | 1.05-1.32* | 184 | 158.88 | 1.16 | 1.00-1.34 |
| All infective, parasitic Dz .(001-139) | 2 | 3.84 | 0.52 | 0.06-1.88 | 0 | 2.11 | . | . | 0 | 1.65 | . | . | 2 | 3.19 | 0.63 | 0.07-2.26 | 5 | 5.40 | 0.93 | 0.30-2.16 | 3 | 3.30 | 0.91 | 0.18-2.66 |
| All malignant neoplasms (140-209) | 33 | 23.36 | 1.41 | 0.97-1.98 | 62 | 38.61 | 1.61 | 1.23-2.06* | 59 | 51.93 | 1.14 | 0.86-1.47 | 83 | 64.71 | 1.28 | 1.02-1.59* | 92 | 70.62 | 1.30 | 1.05-1.60* | 56 | 41.62 | 1.35 | 1.02-1.75* |
| Cancer-Buccal cavity, pharynx (140-149) | 2 | 0.84 | 2.37 | 0.27-8.57 | 3 | 1.27 | 2.36 | 0.47-6.90 | 2 | 1.51 | 1.32 | 0.15-4.78 | 2 | 1.49 | 1.34 | 0.15-4.83 | 1 | 1.27 | 0.79 | 0.01-4.39 | 2 | 0.66 | 3.05 | 0.34-11.01 |
| Cancer-Digestive, peritoneum (150-9) | 20 | 8.41 | 2.38 | 1.45-3.67* | 18 | 11.99 | 1.50 | 0.89-2.37 | 19 | 13.68 | 1.39 | 0.84-2.17 | 25 | 15.80 | 1.58 | 1.02-2.34* | 26 | 16.63 | 1.56 | 1.02-2.29* | 17 | 10.04 | 1.69 | 0.99-2.71 |
| Cancer-Esophagus (150) | 1 | 0.61 | 1.64 | 0.02-9.10 | 2 | 0.92 | 2.17 | 0.24-7.82 | 5 | 1.18 | 4.25 | 1.37-9.91* | 2 | 1.55 | 1.29 | 0.14-4.65 | 4 | 2.03 | 1.97 | 0.53-5.05 | 1 | 1.41 | 0.71 | 0.01-3.96 |
| Cancer-Stomach (151) | 3 | 2.33 | 1.29 | 0.26-3.76 | 6 | 2.48 | 2.42 | 0.88-5.26 | 0 | 2.22 | . | . | 1 | 2.08 | 0.48 | 0.01-2.68 | 5 | 1.83 | 2.73 | 0.88-6.37 | 4 | 0.90 | 4.46 | 1.20-11.41* |
| Cancer-Colon (153) | 7 | 2.10 | 3.34 | 1.34-6.88* | 8 | 3.59 | 2.23 | 0.96-4.39 | 6 | 4.88 | 1.23 | 0.45-2.68 | 14 | 6.25 | 2.24 | 1.22-3.76* | 8 | 6.02 | 1.33 | 0.57-2.62 | 5 | 3.30 | 1.51 | 0.49-3.53 |
| Cancer-Rectum (154) | 5 | 1.13 | 4.43 | 1.43-10.33* | 1 | 1.46 | 0.68 | 0.01-3.80 | 0 | 1.44 | . | . | 2 | 1.17 | 1.70 | 0.19-6.15 | 1 | 1.12 | 0.89 | 0.01-4.97 | 1 | 0.52 | 1.91 | 0.02-10.61 |
| Cancer-Liver (155) | 1 | 0.79 | 1.27 | 0.02-7.04 | 0 | 0.96 | . | . | 2 | 0.83 | 2.42 | 0.27-8.74 | 2 | 1.00 | 1.99 | 0.22-7.20 | 2 | 1.54 | 1.29 | 0.15-4.67 | 2 | 1.16 | 1.73 | 0.19-6.23 |
| Cancer-Pancreas (157) | 3 | 1.32 | 2.28 | 0.46-6.65 | 1 | 2.27 | 0.44 | 0.01-2.45 | 5 | 2.80 | 1.79 | 0.58-4.17 | 3 | 3.09 | 0.97 | 0.20-2.84 | 6 | 3.37 | 1.78 | 0.65-3.87 | 4 | 2.19 | 1.83 | 0.49-4.68 |
| Cancer-Respiratory system (160-163) | 5 | 6.02 | 0.83 | 0.27-1.94 | 19 | 12.01 | 1.58 | 0.95-2.47 | 20 | 18.29 | 1.09 | 0.67-1.69 | 34 | 24.20 | 1.41 | 0.97-1.96 | 26 | 25.58 | 1.02 | 0.66-1.49 | 19 | 13.93 | 1.36 | 0.82-2.13 |
| Cancer-Prostate (185) | 3 | 1.31 | 2.29 | 0.46-6.69 | 1 | 2.83 | 0.35 | 0.00-1.97 | 3 | 4.32 | 0.69 | 0.14-2.03 | 4 | 5.90 | 0.68 | 0.18-1.74 | 14 | 7.61 | 1.84 | 1.01-3.09* | 6 | 4.37 | 1.37 | 0.50-2.99 |
| Cancer-Bladder (188) | 0 | 0.79 | . | . | 5 | 1.31 | 3.83 | 1.23-8.93* | 1 | 1.67 | 0.60 | 0.01-3.32 | 1 | 1.75 | 0.57 | 0.01-3.18 | 4 | 1.97 | 2.03 | 0.55-5.19 | 0 | 1.41 | . | . |
| Cancer-Kidney (189) | 0 | 0.60 | . | . | 3 | 0.95 | 3.17 | 0.64-9.25 | 2 | 1.26 | 1.59 | 0.18-5.74 | 5 | 1.57 | 3.18 | 1.02-7.42* | 1 | 1.80 | 0.55 | 0.01-3.08 | 1 | 1.10 | 0.91 | 0.01-5.05 |
| Cancer-Brain & other CNS (191-192) | 0 | 0.76 | . | . | 5 | 1.05 | 4.75 | 1.53-11.09* | 0 | 1.30 | . | . | 0 | 1.52 | . | . | 4 | 1.63 | 2.46 | 0.66-6.30 | 1 | 0.91 | 1.10 | 0.01-6.15 |
| Cancer-Thyroid (193) | 1 | 0.07 | 13.51 | 0.18-75.18 | 1 | 0.09 | 10.96 | 0.14-60.98 | 0 | 0.09 | . | . | 0 | 0.10 | . | . | 0 | 0.11 | . | . | 0 | 0.08 | . | . |
| Lymphatic & hematopoietic (200-209) | 2 | 2.40 | 0.83 | 0.09-3.01 | 7 | 3.77 | 1.86 | 0.74-3.83 | 6 | 4.79 | 1.25 | 0.46-2.72 | 7 | 5.81 | 1.20 | 0.48-2.48 | 9 | 6.89 | 1.31 | 0.60-2.48 | 7 | 4.38 | 1.60 | 0.64-3.29 |
| Hodgkin’s disease (201) | 1 | 0.39 | 2.56 | 0.03-14.25 | 0 | 0.49 | . | . | 2 | 0.40 | 5.03 | 0.56-18.16 | 2 | 0.23 | 8.65 | 0.97-31.23 | 0 | 0.16 | . | . | 1 | 0.08 | 12.46 | 0.16-69.35 |
| Leukemia (204-207) | 0 | 1.00 | . | . | 5 | 1.60 | 3.13 | 1.01-7.31* | 3 | 1.97 | 1.52 | 0.31-4.45 | 2 | 2.30 | 0.87 | 0.10-3.14 | 7 | 2.62 | 2.67 | 1.07-5.51* | 3 | 1.74 | 1.73 | 0.35-5.05 |
| Benign neoplasms (210-239) | 0 | 0.42 | . | . | 2 | 0.49 | 4.11 | 0.46-14.85 | 1 | 0.56 | 1.78 | 0.02-9.92 | 1 | 0.58 | 1.73 | 0.02-9.61 | 2 | 0.64 | 3.13 | 0.35-11.31 | 2 | 0.51 | 3.94 | 0.44-14.22 |
| Allergic, endocrine, nutritional Dz. (240-279) | 4 | 1.99 | 2.01 | 0.54-5.16 | 5 | 3.57 | 1.40 | 0.45-3.26 | 5 | 4.38 | 1.14 | 0.37-2.67 | 3 | 5.06 | 0.59 | 0.12-1.73 | 7 | 7.58 | 0.92 | 0.37-1.90 | 3 | 6.07 | 0.49 | 0.10-1.44 |
| Diabetes mellitus (250) | 4 | 1.73 | 2.31 | 0.62-5.92 | 5 | 3.08 | 1.62 | 0.52-3.79 | 4 | 3.64 | 1.10 | 0.30-2.82 | 3 | 3.79 | 0.79 | 0.16-2.31 | 5 | 5.92 | 0.84 | 0.27-1.97 | 2 | 4.63 | 0.43 | 0.05-1.56 |
| All Dz. of nervous sys. & sense organs (320-389) | 1 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 0.01-5.34 | 1 | 1.47 | 0.68 | 0.01-3.79 | 1 | 1.98 | 0.51 | 0.01-2.81 | 1 | 3.30 | 0.30 | 0.00-1.69 | 3 | 5.22 | 0.57 | 0.12-1.68 | 2 | 6.21 | 0.32 | 0.04-1.16 |
| All Dz. of circulatory system (390-458) | 84 | 72.23 | 1.16 | 0.93-1.44 | 129 | 117.01 | 1.10 | 0.92-1.31 | 144 | 134.16 | 1.07 | 0.91-1.26 | 128 | 123.48 | 1.04 | 0.86-1.23 | 119 | 106.88 | 1.11 | 0.92-1.33 | 76 | 61.19 | 1.24 | 0.98-1.55 |
| Arteriosclerotic heart Dz. (410-413) | 62 | 47.21 | 1.31 | 1.01-1.68* | 103 | 80.54 | 1.28 | 1.04-1.55* | 97 | 94.67 | 1.02 | 0.83-1.25 | 89 | 84.82 | 1.05 | 0.84-1.29 | 81 | 70.62 | 1.15 | 0.91-1.43 | 47 | 41.54 | 1.13 | 0.83-1.50 |
| All CNS vascular lesions (430-438) | 10 | 9.92 | 1.01 | 0.48-1.85 | 9 | 16.50 | 0.55 | 0.25-1.04 | 22 | 19.25 | 1.14 | 0.72-1.73 | 14 | 14.29 | 0.98 | 0.54-1.64 | 11 | 13.37 | 0.82 | 0.41-1.47 | 9 | 8.82 | 1.02 | 0.47-1.94 |
| All respiratory Dz. (460-519) | 5 | 5.71 | 0.88 | 0.28-2.04 | 7 | 12.31 | 0.57 | 0.23-1.17 | 12 | 17.17 | 0.70 | 0.36-1.22 | 16 | 21.41 | 0.75 | 0.43-1.21 | 24 | 25.75 | 0.93 | 0.60-1.39 | 15 | 17.29 | 0.87 | 0.49-1.43 |
| All Dz. of digestive system (520-577) | 8 | 6.84 | 1.17 | 0.50-2.31 | 9 | 9.92 | 0.91 | 0.41-1.72 | 11 | 11.05 | 1.00 | 0.50-1.78 | 19 | 10.07 | 1.89 | 1.14-2.95* | 7 | 8.85 | 0.79 | 0.32-1.63 | 2 | 5.49 | 0.36 | 0.04-1.32 |
| Cirrhosis of liver (571) | 4 | 2.92 | 1.37 | 0.37-3.51 | 4 | 4.54 | 0.88 | 0.24-2.25 | 6 | 5.90 | 1.02 | 0.37-2.22 | 15 | 4.81 | 3.12 | 1.75-5.15* | 5 | 3.77 | 1.33 | 0.43-3.09 | 1 | 2.00 | 0.50 | 0.01-2.78 |
| All Dz. of genitourinary system (580-629) | 2 | 2.53 | 0.79 | 0.09-2.85 | 2 | 3.00 | 0.67 | 0.07-2.41 | 3 | 3.03 | 0.99 | 0.20-2.89 | 4 | 3.52 | 1.14 | 0.31-2.91 | 6 | 4.00 | 1.50 | 0.55-3.27 | 0 | 3.61 | . | . |
| All external causes (800-998) | 9 | 12.70 | 0.71 | 0.32-1.34 | 22 | 16.04 | 1.37 | 0.86-2.08 | 8 | 18.40 | 0.43 | 0.19-0.86* | 11 | 14.47 | 0.76 | 0.38-1.36 | 7 | 12.09 | 0.58 | 0.23-1.19 | 4 | 7.56 | 0.53 | 0.14-1.35 |
| All accidents (800-949) | 3 | 8.95 | 0.34 | 0.07-0.98* | 11 | 11.05 | 1.00 | 0.50-1.78 | 5 | 11.71 | 0.43 | 0.14-1.00* | 3 | 8.75 | 0.34 | 0.07-1.00 | 11 | 11.05 | 1.00 | 0.50-1.78 | 2 | 4.90 | 0.41 | 0.05-1.47 |
| Motor Vehicle accidents (810-823) | 2 | 4.07 | 0.49 | 0.06-1.78 | 2 | 4.93 | 0.41 | 0.05-1.46 | 2 | 5.04 | 0.40 | 0.04-1.43 | 1 | 3.72 | 0.27 | 0.00-1.49 | 2 | 4.93 | 0.41 | 0.05-1.46 | 0 | 1.82 | . | . |
| Suicide (950-959) | 6 | 3.21 | 1.87 | 0.68-4.07 | 9 | 4.00 | 2.25 | 1.03-4.27* | 1 | 4.46 | 0.22 | 0.00-1.25 | 7 | 4.16 | 1.68 | 0.67-3.47 | 9 | 4.00 | 2.25 | 1.03-4.27* | 2 | 1.94 | 1.03 | 0.12-3.73 |
ICD: International Classification of Diseases. SMR: Standardized Mortality Ratio. 95% CI: 95% Confidence Interval.
*
Statistical significance at p <0.05. CNS: Central Nervous System.