TABLE 5.

Cancer Mortality, Male US Air Force Fighter Aviators (n = 34,760), and the General US Population, Exposure Period of 1970–2004, Followed Through 2018

	Fighter Aviators (Observed)	General US Population (Expected)	SMR (95% CI)∗
Colon and rectum	168	222.1	0.76 (0.65–0.88)
Pancreas	166	157.2	1.06 (0.90–1.23)
Melanoma skin	88	53.5	1.64 (1.32–2.03)
Prostate	197	160.5	1.23 (1.06–1.41)
Testis	3	4.7	0.63 (0.13–1.85)
Urinary bladder	62	68.7	0.90 (0.69–1.16)
Kidney and renal pelvis	68	69.3	0.98 (0.76–1.24)
Brain and nervous system	92	81.7	1.13 (0.91–1.38)
Thyroid	11	6.0	1.83 (0.91–3.27)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	119	90.3	1.32 (1.09–1.58)

CI, confidence interval; SMR, standardized mortality ratio; US, United States.

^∗Standardized for age group and race.