TABLE 2.

Standardized Mortality Ratios for Select Underlying Causes of Death in the Libby Screening Cohort, 2000 to 2016

	Observed	Expected	SMR (95% CI)
All causes	1,429	1,652.13	0.86 (0.82, 0.91)
All cancers	382	448.60	0.85 (0.77, 0.94)
Asbestos-related causes
Lung cancer	123	137.73	0.89 (0.74, 1.07)
Asbestosis	62	0.48	128.15 (98.25, 164.29)
Intestinal cancer	27	33.78	0.80 (0.53, 1.16)
Mesothelioma	15	2.41	6.21 (3.48, 10.25)
Ovarian cancer	12	11.24	1.07 (0.55, 1.87)
Stomach cancer	5	7.95	0.63 (0.20, 1.47)
Rectal cancer	3	7.48	0.40 (0.08, 1.17)
Laryngeal cancer	2	3.12	0.64 (0.08, 2.31)
Pharyngeal cancer	1	3.05	0.33 (0.01, 1.83)
Other causes
Heart disease	317	420.74	0.75 (0.67, 0.84)
Diabetes	34	49.69	0.68 (0.47, 0.96)
Injury, motor vehicle driver	19	6.55	2.90 (1.75, 4.53)
Breast cancer	18	28.67	0.63 (0.37, 0.99)
Other musculoskeletal disease*	17	4.60	3.69 (2.15, 5.91)

Statistically significant (P <0.05) SMRs are in bold font. CI, confidence interval.

^*More than 100 ICD-10 codes comprise this NIOSH cause-of-death category which excludes arthritis, spondylitis, osteomyelitis, and periotitis. It and other cause categories are described at https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ltas/pdf/niosh-119-table-2007.pdf