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Table 4 Standardized Mortality Ratios in Five Counties of Study Area Excluding Genesee County, Michigan, 1979–1997.

From: Arsenic in drinking water and cerebrovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, and kidney disease in Michigan: a standardized mortality ratio analysis

Cause of Death

ICD-9

Males

Females

  

Obs

SMR

99% CI

Obs

SMR

99% CI

Cancers

Colon and rectum

153–154

625

1.04

0.93–1.15

569

1.05

0.94–1.17

Liver and biliary Passages

155–156

111

0.88

0.68–1.12

129

1.09

0.86–1.36

Trachea, bronchus and lung

162

1,662

0.91*

0.85–0.97

771

0.85*

0.77–0.93

Skin melanoma

172

58

0.88

0.61–1.23

43

1.06

0.69–1.56

Other skin cancer

173

16

0.77

0.36–1.41

15

1.47

0.67–2.76

Female reproductive organs

179–184

   

496

1.05

0.93–1.17

Prostate

185

661

1.08

0.98–1.20

   

Bladder

188

139

0.82

0.65–1.02

70

0.97

0.70–1.31

Kidney and other urinary organs

189

143

1.07

0.86–1.33

75

0.93

0.68–1.25

Circulatory diseases

All diseases of the circulatory system

390–459

10,874

1.06*

1.04–1.09

10,836

1.12*

1.10–1.15

Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease

401, 403

64

0.92

0.65–1.26

90

0.95

0.71–1.24

Hypertensive heart disease and hypertensive heart and renal disease

402, 404

87

0.53*

0.40–0.70

185

0.82*

0.67–0.98

Ischemic heart diseases

410–414

6,092

0.97

0.94–1.00

4,984

0.94*

0.91–0.98

Cerebrovascular diseases

430–438

1,600

1.25*

1.17–1.33

2,195

1.26*

1.19–1.33

Diseases of arteries arterioles and capillaries (DAAC)

440–448

551

0.99

0.88–1.10

569

1.04

0.93–1.16

Atherosclerosis

440

223

0.92

0.77–1.09

374

1.08

0.94–1.23

Aortic aneurysm

441

247

1.02

0.86–1.20

97

0.88

0.67–1.14

Respiratory diseases

All diseases of the respiratory system

460–519

1,911

1.01

0.95–1.07

1,333

0.91*

0.85–0.98

Emphysema

492

259

0.89

0.75–1.04

113

0.71*

0.55–0.90

Chronic airways Obstruction

496

721

1.08

0.98–1.19

409

0.96

0.84–1.09

Other diseases

Diabetes mellitus

250

512

1.24*

1.10–1.39

633

1.26*

1.14–1.40

Chronic liver diseases and cirrhosis

571

289

0.82*

0.70–0.96

148

0.86

0.68–1.05

Kidney diseases

580–589

279

1.37*

1.16–1.59

261

1.35*

1.15–1.58

  1. ICD-9 = International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision; Obs = Number of observed deaths; CI = confidence interval; *p < 0.01.