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Table 3 Observed and expected number of cancers, SIR and 95% CI among Icelandair pilots and other pilots

From: Incidence of cancer among licenced commercial pilots flying North Atlantic routes

 

Icelandair pilots

Other pilots

Cancer site (ICD-10)

Obs

Exp

SIR

95% CI

Obs

Exp

SIR

95% CI

All (C00-C97, D09-D47a)

46

43.23

1.06

0.78 to 1.42

37

49.26

0.75

0.53 to 1.04

 Oesophagus (C15)

1

0.78

1.29

0.02 to 7.17

1

0.95

1.05

0.01 to 5.86

 Stomach (C16)

1

1.55

0.64

0.01 to 3.58

2

2.40

0.83

0.09 to 3.00

 Colon and rectum (C18, C20)

3

4.24

0.71

0.14 to 2.07

4

4.94

0.81

0.22 to 2.07

 Gallbladder (C23)

0

0.04

-

0.00 to 90.97

1

0.06

17.18

0.22 to 95.57

 Larynx (C32)

0

0.37

-

0.00 to 9.81

1

0.48

2.09

0.03 to 11.61

 Bronchus and lung (C33, C34)

2

5.10

0.39

0.04 to 1.42

3

5.78

0.52

0.10 to 1.52

 Bone (C41)

1

0.04

24.63

0.32 to 137.00

1

0.05

20.63

0.27 to 114.80

 Melanoma (C43)

6

1.10

5.48

2.00 to 11.92

1

1.02

0.98

0.01 to 5.45

 Other skin cancer (C44)

4

1.79

2.23

0.60 to 5.71

0

1.96

-

0.00 to 1.87

 Penis (C60)

0

0.14

-

0.00 to 25.37

1

0.17

5.90

0.08 to 32.82

 Prostate (C61)

15

11.78

1.27

0.71 to 2.10

13

13.14

0.99

0.53 to 1.69

 Kidney (C64)

5

1.99

2.51

0.81 to 5.86

0

2.23

-

0.00 to 1.64

 Bladder (C67)

0

3.03

-

0.00 to 1.21

4

3.53

1.13

0.31 to 2.90

 Eye (C69)

1

0.12

8.27

0.11 to 46.01

0

0.13

-

0.00 to 27.72

 Brain (C71, D33)

0

0.82

-

0.00 to 4.48

4

0.87

4.60

1.24 to 11.77

 Thyroid gland (C73)

3

0.68

4.44

0.89 to 12.97

0

0.73

-

0.00 to 5.01

 Cancer w/o specification of site (C80)

1

0.74

1.35

0.02 to 7.51

2

0.88

2.27

0.25 to 8.19

 Mature T/NK-cell lymphomas (C84.6)

1

0.16

6.07

0.08 to 33.77

0

0.15

-

0.00 to 23.74

 Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (C91.1)

1

0.43

2.30

0.03 to 12.80

0

0.51

-

0.00 to 7.25

 Acute myeloid leukaemia (C92.0)

1

0.30

3.39

0.04 to 18.84

0

0.35

-

0.00 to 10.63

Not included in all cancers:

        

Basal cell carcinoma of the skin (C44)

22

6.21

3.54

2.22 to 5.37

9

6.23

1.44

0.66 to 2.74

  1. Abbreviations: International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10), observed (Obs), expected (Exp), standardized incidence ratio (SIR), and confidence interval (CI).
  2. aRelated to brain: D09, D30, D35, D41, D32–33, D42–43, D44 and D46–47