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. 2017 May 19;17:343. doi: 10.1186/s12885-017-3346-x

Table 6.

Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for selected cancers among male and female livestock farmers and farm workers in CanCHEC (1991–2010)

Cancer Site (ICD-O-3) Men Women
Cases HR (95% CI)a Cases HR (95% CI)a
Any cancerb 240 0.94 (0.83–1.07) 160 0.90 (0.77–1.05)
Prostate (C61.9) 90 1.26 (1.03–1.55) - - -
Breast (C50) 0 - - 45 0.76 (0.57–1.02)
Lung (C34) 30 0.69 (0.48–0.98) 20 0.61 (0.37–0.99)
Colon (C18, C26.0) 20 0.97 (0.63–1.49) 20 1.35 (0.87–2.09)
Rectum (C19.9, C20.9) 10 0.93 (0.54–1.60) 5 0.86 (0.36–2.06)
Non-Hodgkin Lymphomac 15 0.89 (0.54–1.45) 5 0.72 (0.33–1.61)
Melanoma (C44) 15 1.44 (0.82–2.53) 5 1.11 (0.53–2.33)
Thyroid (C73.9) 10 3.01 (1.35–6.73) 10 1.28 (0.57–2.85)
Oral (C00-C14) 10 1.16 (0.62–2.15) 5 2.70 (1.28–5.68)
 Lip (C00.0-C00.9) 5 2.91 (1.08–7.80) <5 - -
Stomach (C16) 10 1.22 (0.63–2.35) <5 - -
Bladder (C67) 10 0.72 (0.40–1.31) <5 - -
Kidney (C64.9) 5 0.57 (0.26–1.27) <5 - -
Leukemiac 5 0.82 (0.37–1.83) <5 - -
Pancreas (C25) <5 - - 5 1.14 (0.51–2.54)
Cervix (C53) - - - 5 1.55 (0.70–3.46)
Larynx (C32) 5 1.46 (0.61–3.52) 0 - -
Multiple Myelomac <5 - - <5 - -
Esophagus (C15) <5 - - <5 - -
Liver (C22.0, C22.1) <5 - - <5 - -
Brain (C70-C72) <5 - - <5 - -
Nasal (C30) <5 - - 0 - -
Bone (C40, C41) <5 - - 0 - -
Hodgkin Lymphomac <5 - - 0 - -
Ovary (C56.9) - - - <5 - -
Testis (C62) 0 - - - - -
Mesotheliomac 0 - - 0 - -

Note: case counts below 5 have been suppressed and all counts have been randomly rounded to base 5 in accordance with Statistics Canada disclosure rules

aAdjusted for age at baseline (age group categories), province of residence at baseline, and education level at baseline

bIncident primary cancers excluding non-melanoma skin cancer

cCancers defined using ICD-O-3 Histology codes: Mesothelioma (9050–9055), Hodgkin lymphoma (9650–9667); non-Hodgkin lymphoma (9590–9596,9670–9719, 9727–9729, 9823, 9827); Multiple myeloma (9731,9732,9734); Leukemia (9733, 9742, 9800–9801, 9805, 9820, 9826, 9831–9837, 9840, 9860–9861, 9863, 9866–9867, 9870–9876,9891,9895–9897,9910, 9920, 9930–9931, 9940, 9945–9946, 9948, 9963–9964, 9823, 9827)