Table 2.
Standardized proportional mortality ratios (SPMRs) for cancers from 1985 to 1994.
| Causes of Death | Crude Data | Adjust for 5 Years of Latency | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | SPMR | p | Cases | SPMR | p | |
| All cancers | 52 | 1.46 | 0.01 | 42 | 1.47 | 0.03 |
| Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx | 5 | 0.95 | >0.99 | 5 | 1.18 | 0.83 |
| Nasopharynx | 5 | 1.99 | 0.22 | 5 | 2.49 | 0.11 |
| Digestive organs and peritoneum | 31 | 1.61 | 0.02 | 23 | 1.48 | 0.09 |
| Esophagus | 1 | 0.78 | >0.99 | 0 | ||
| Stomach | 8 | 2.94 | 0.01 | 7 | 3.24 | 0.01 |
| Colon | 3 | 2.01 | 0.38 | 2 | 1.66 | 0.68 |
| Rectum and rectosigmoid junction | 2 | 2.13 | 0.48 | 2 | 2.59 | 0.36 |
| Liver and intrahepatic bile ducts | 14 | 1.23 | 0.51 | 10 | 1.09 | 0.87 |
| Gallbladder and extrahepatic bile ducts | 2 | 4.60 | 0.14 | 1 | 2.79 | 0.60 |
| Pancreas | 1 | 1.31 | >0.99 | 1 | 0.57 | 0.94 |
| Respiratory and intrathoracic organs | 7 | 1.21 | 0.73 | 7 | 1.46 | 0.41 |
| Trachea, bronchus, and lung | 7 | 1.33 | 0.56 | 7 | 1.60 | 0.30 |
| Cervix uteri | 1 | 10.79 | 0.18 | 1 | 10.79 | 0.18 |
| Kidney and other and unspecified urinary organs | 1 | 2.66 | 0.63 | 1 | 3.26 | 0.53 |
| Thyroid gland | 1 | 16.06 | 0.12 | 1 | 19.38 | 0.10 |
| Other endocrine glands and related structures | 1 | 17.93 | 0.11 | 1 | 21.87 | 0.09 |
| Other and ill-defined sites | 1 | 20.21 | 0.10 | 1 | 22.79 | 0.09 |
| Multiple myeloma and immunoproliferative neoplasms | 1 | 8.70 | 0.22 | 0 | ||
| Myeloid leukemia | 2 | 4.17 | 0.17 | 1 | 2.67 | 0.62 |
| Leukemia of unspecific cell type | 1 | 2.74 | 0.61 | 1 | 3.33 | 0.52 |
| Accident | 33 | 0.77 | 0.14 | 27 | 0.85 | 0.45 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 16 | 1.15 | 0.63 | 13 | 1.18 | 0.63 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 16 | 1.40 | 0.24 | 12 | 1.31 | 0.42 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 9 | 2.11 | 0.06 | 8 | 2.24 | 0.06 |