Table 4.
Standardized Mortality Ratios by Cause of Death, Industrial Sector and Year of Hire. Observed (O) and Expected (E) Cases, SMR and 95% Confidence Interval (95% CI)
| Cause of Death | O | FVG Standard Rates* | Italian Standard Rates** | ||||
| E | SMR | 95% CI | E | SMR | 95% CI | ||
| All Causes | |||||||
| All industrial sectors1 | 388 | 437.30 | 0.89 | 0.80-0.98 | 414.38 | 0.94 | 0.85-1.03 |
| Shipbuilding2 | 301 | 336.86 | 0.89 | 0.80-1.00 | 319.93 | 0.94 | 0.84-1.05 |
| Shipbuilding hired <19743 | 257 | 295.02 | 0.87 | 0.77-0.99 | 280.92 | 0.91 | 0.81-1.04 |
| Shipbuilding hired 1974-19844 | 30 | 27.78 | 1.08 | 0.73-1.54 | 25.89 | 1.16 | 0.78-1.66 |
| Shipbuilding hired 1985+5 | 14 | 14.06 | 1.00 | 0.54-1.67 | 13.12 | 1.07 | 0.58-1.79 |
| All Cancers | |||||||
| All industrial sectors1 | 181 | 188.99 | 0.96 | 0.83-1.11 | 169.33 | 1.07 | 0.92-1.24 |
| Shipbuilding2 | 144 | 143.01 | 1.01 | 0.85-1.19 | 128.17 | 1.12 | 0.95-1.33 |
| Shipbuilding hired <19743 | 124 | 123.86 | 1.00 | 0.83-1.20 | 111.19 | 1.12 | 0.93-1.34 |
| Shipbuilding hired 1974-19844 | 14 | 12.88 | 1.09 | 0.59-1.83 | 11.44 | 1.22 | 0.67-2.06 |
| Shipbuilding hired 1985+5 | 6 | 6.27 | 0.96 | 0.31-2.09 | 5.54 | 1.08 | 0.35-2.36 |
| Malignant neoplasm of pleura*** | |||||||
| All industrial sectors1 | 25 | 3.64 | 6.87 | 4.45-10.17 | 1.79 | 13.95 | 9.02-20.64 |
| Shipbuilding2 | 22 | 2.71 | 8.12 | 5.09-12.26 | 1.33 | 16.60 | 10.41-25.06 |
| Shipbuilding hired <19743 | 21 | 2.34 | 8.98 | 5.56-13.75 | 1.14 | 18.41 | 11.40-28.17 |
| Shipbuilding hired 1974-19844 | 0 | 0.25 | - | - | 0.13 | - | - |
| Shipbuilding hired 1985+5 | 1 | 0.12 | 8.40 | 0.21-46.81 | 0.06 | 16.88 | 0.43-94.04 |
| Lung Cancer | |||||||
| All industrial sectors1 | 70 | 47.05 | 1.49 | 1.17-1.89 | 48.99 | 1.43 | 1.12-1.81 |
| Shipbuilding2 | 59 | 35.56 | 1.66 | 1.28-2.16 | 36.86 | 1.60 | 1.23-2.08 |
| Shipbuilding hired <19743 | 49 | 30.71 | 1.60 | 1.18-2.11 | 31.79 | 1.54 | 1.14-2.03 |
| Shipbuilding hired 1974-19844 | 8 | 3.27 | 2.45 | 1.06-4.82 | 3.43 | 2.33 | 1.01-4.60 |
| Shipbuilding hired 1985+5 | 2 | 1.58 | 1.26 | 0.15-4.56 | 1.64 | 1.22 | 0.15-4.39 |
* Standard rate: age-specific mortality rates of FVG for years 1989-2003 and 2006-2011, provided by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS); ** Standard rate: age-specific mortality rates of Italy for years 1989-2003 and 2006-2011, provided by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS); *** Standard 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); 1Follow Up Period: 1989-2011. Cohort included 2,488 subjects, for 26,415.77 total person-years; 2Follow Up Period: 1989-2011. Cohort included 1,740 subjects, for 18,972.65 total person-years; 3Follow Up Period: 1989-2011. Cohort included 1,370 subjects, for 13,206.14 total person-years; 4Follow Up Period: 1989-2011. Cohort included 234 subjects, for 3,176.32 total person-years; 5Follow Up Period: 1989-2011. Cohort included 136 subjects, for 2,590.19 total person-years