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Table 5 Cause-Specific Proportional Cancer Mortality Ratios (PCMRs) for Females

From: Mortality among US employees of a large computer manufacturing company: 1969–2001

Cause Of Death

Observed

Expected

PCMR

95% CI

All Malignant Neoplasms

1,667

1,667.00

100.0

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   Cancer of Buccal Cavity & Pharynx

9

19.08

47.2†

25.0

88.9

   Cancer of Digestive Organs & Peritoneum

289

323.00

89.5†

80.8

99.1

Cancer of Esophagus

13

16.13

80.6

47.0

138.3

Cancer of Stomach

34

32.53

104.5

74.9

145.7

Cancer of Large Intestine

120

133.00

90.2

76.1

107.0

Cancer of Rectum

18

22.61

79.6

50.4

125.8

Cancer of Biliary Passages & Liver

23

33.92

67.8

45.4

101.3

Cancer of Pancreas

71

72.74

97.6

77.8

122.5

Cancer of All Other Digestive Organs

10

11.11

90.0

48.6

166.9

   Cancer of Respiratory System

376

365.12

103.0

94.3

112.4

Cancer of Larynx

1

5.77

17.3†

3.1

97.4

Cancer of Trachea, Bronchus, & Lung

373

355.71

104.9

96.0

114.6

Cancer of All Other Respiratory Organs

2

3.64

55.0

14.1

215.0

   Cancer of Breast

418

362.40

115.3†

106.1

125.4

   All Uterine Cancers

53

94.10

56.3†

43.6

72.8

Cancer of Cervix Uteri

23

55.35

41.6†

28.3

61.0

   Cancer of Other Female Genital Organs

116

104.90

110.6

92.7

131.9

   Cancer of Kidney

31

25.81

120.1

84.7

170.2

   Cancer of Bladder & Other Urinary Organs

13

15.55

83.6

48.8

143.4

   Malignant Melanoma of Skin

26

24.47

106.2

72.7

155.4

   Cancer of Eye

0

.86

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   Cancer of Brain and Other Central Nervous System

51

46.92

108.7

83.0

142.3

   Cancer of Thyroid & Other Endocrine Glands

10

6.64

150.6

81.5

278.3

   Cancer of Bone

2

4.13

48.5

12.6

186.6

   Cancer of All Lymphatic, Hematopoietic Tissue

167

149.40

111.8

96.9

129.0

Lymphosarcoma & Reticulosarcoma

8

8.70

92.0

46.2

183.0

Hodgkin's Disease

8

9.79

81.7

41.5

161.0

Leukemia & Aleukemia

64

56.27

113.7

89.6

144.4

Cancer of All Other Lymphopoietic Tissue

87

74.65

116.5

95.0

143.0

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

70

57.18

122.4

97.3

154.0

Multiple Myeloma

25

25.20

99.2

67.3

146.3

   All Other Malignant Neoplasms

106

125.53

84.4

70.3

101.4

  1. Female Corporate Mortality File deaths compated to female U.S. cancer deaths, 1969–2001.
  2. † = p < 0.05