Table 1.
Standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) of various causes of death from 1985 to 1995.
| Causes of Death | Crude Data | Adjusted for 5 Years Latency | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | SMR | p | Cases | SMR | p | |
| All causes | 155 | 0.42 | <0.01 | 122 | 0.46 | <0.01 |
| All cancers | 52 | 0.64 | <0.01 | 42 | 0.68 | <0.01 |
| Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx | 5 | 0.39 | 0.03 | 5 | 0.50 | 0.13 |
| Nasopharynx | 5 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 5 | 1.05 | >0.99 |
| Digestive organs and peritoneum | 31 | 0.71 | 0.06 | 23 | 0.69 | 0.07 |
| Esophagus | 1 | 0.37 | 0.51 | 0 | ||
| Stomach | 8 | 1.42 | 0.41 | 7 | 1.64 | 0.28 |
| Colon | 3 | 0.91 | >0.99 | 2 | 0.80 | >0.99 |
| Rectum and rectosigmoid junction | 2 | 0.97 | >0.99 | 2 | 1.24 | 0.96 |
| Liver and intrahepatic bile ducts | 14 | 0.52 | 0.01 | 10 | 0.49 | 0.02 |
| Gallbladder and extrahepatic bile ducts | 2 | 2.11 | 0.49 | 1 | 1.33 | >0.99 |
| Pancreas | 1 | 0.61 | >0.99 | 1 | 0.77 | >0.99 |
| Respiratory and intrathoracic organs | 7 | 0.60 | 0.21 | 7 | 0.76 | 0.59 |
| Trachea, bronchus, and lung | 7 | 0.67 | 0.37 | 7 | 0.84 | 0.81 |
| Cervix uteri | 1 | 3.34 | 0.52 | 1 | 5.77 | 0.32 |
| Kidney and other and unspecified urinary organs | 1 | 1.27 | >0.99 | 1 | 1.61 | 0.92 |
| Thyroid gland | 1 | 7.20 | 0.26 | 1 | 9.49 | 0.20 |
| Other endocrine glands and related structures | 1 | 7.67 | 0.24 | 1 | 9.92 | 0.19 |
| Other and ill-defined sites | 1 | 8.47 | 0.22 | 1 | 9.77 | 0.19 |
| Multiple myeloma and immunoproliferative neoplasms | 1 | 3.94 | 0.45 | 0 | ||
| Myeloid leukemia | 2 | 1.55 | 0.74 | 1 | 1.16 | >0.99 |
| Leukemia of unspecific cell type | 1 | 1.03 | >0.99 | 1 | 1.44 | >0.99 |
| Accident | 33 | 0.28 | <0.01 | 27 | 0.36 | <0.01 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 16 | 0.55 | 0.01 | 13 | 0.58 | 0.04 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 16 | 0.65 | 0.08 | 12 | 0.64 | 0.13 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 9 | 1.02 | >0.99 | 8 | 1.10 | 0.87 |