Table 2.

Observed (O) and Expected (E.) Deaths, Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMR) for Causes of Death and 95% Confidence Interval (95% CI) among 2,488 men enrolled in an asbestos surveillance program. Follow Up Period 1989 – 2011*

Cause of Death	ICD9	ICD10	O	FVG Standard Rates1			Italian Standard Rates2
				E	SMR	95% CI	E	SMR	95% CI
All Cause	0-99	A00-T98	388	437.30	0.89	0.80-0.98	414.38	0.94	0.85-1.03
All Cancers	140-239	C00-D48	181	188.99	0.96	0.83-1.11	169.33	1.07	0.92-1.24
Esophagus	150	C15	5	5.36	0.93	0.30-2.17	2.77	1.81	0.59-4.21
Stomach	151	C16	11	12.63	0.87	0.43-1.56	10.63	1.03	0.52-1.85
Colorectal	153-154;159.0	C18-C21	11	20.53	0.54	0.27-0.96	17.07	0.64	0.32-1.15
Liver	155.0-155.1	C22	9	18.89	0.65	0.30-1.23	10.97	0.82	0.38-1.56
Pancreas	157	C25	10	0.94	0.94	0.45-1.74	8.76	1.14	0.55-2.10
Larynx	161	C32	1	3.19	0.31	0.01-1.74	3.04	0.33	0.01-1.83
Trachea, bronchus, lung	162	C33-C34	70	47.05	1.49	1.17-1.89	48.99	1.43	1.12-1.81
Malignant neoplasm of pleura3	163	C45	25	3.64	6.87	4.45-10.17	1.79	13.95	9.02-20.64
Prostate	185	C61	1	11.30	0.09	0.00-0.49	10.10	0.10	0.00-0.55
Bladder	188	C67	3	5.31	0.56	0.12-1.65	6.73	0.45	0.09-1.30
Kidney	189	C64	2	4.47	0.45	0.05-1.61	3.69	0.54	0.07-1.96
Central Nervous System	191	C71	4	3.84	1.04	0.28-2.66	3.40	1.18	0.32-3.01
Leukemia	204-208	C91-C95	2	4.17	0.48	0.06-1.73	4.99	0.40	0.05-1.45
Mental disorders	290-303 E 305-319	F00-F99	4	6.41	0.62	0.17-1.60	4.14	0.97	0.26-2.47
Diseases of nervous system and sense organs	320-389	G00-G99	7	11.03	0.63	0.25-1.31	11.43	0.61	0.25-1.26
Diseases of digestive system	520-579	K00-K93	23	24.31	0.95	0.60-1.42	19.21	1.20	0.76-1.80
Diseases of genitourinary system	580-629	N00-N99	5	4.88	1.02	0.33-2.39	5.80	0.86	0.28-2.01
Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions	780-799	R00-R99	5	3.78	1.32	0.43-3.08	3.84	1.30	0.42-3.03
Injury and poisoning	800-999	S00-T98	14	19.42	0.72	0.39-1.21	16.27	0.86	0.47-1.45
Diseases of circulatory system	390-459	I00-I99	112	128.60	0.87	0.73-1.05	133.34	0.84	0.70-1.01
Diseases of respiratory system	460-519	J00-J99	28	27.14	1.03	0.69-1.50	26.37	1.06	0.71-1.54

*Cohort of study: 2,488 subjects for 26,415.77 total person-years; we used for standardization available rates of ICD-9 code (1980-2002). ¹Standard rate: age-specific mortality rates of FVG for years 1989-2003 and 2006-2011, provided by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS); ²Standard rate: age-specific mortality rates of Italy for years 1989-2003 and 2006-2011, provided by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS); ³Standard rate: age-specific mortality rates of FVG and Italy for years 1989-2003 and 2006-2011 calculated from the data of mortality provided by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT).