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Table 3 Proportionate Mortality Ratios (PMR), 1969-1998, for Respiratory and bladder Cancer in Cement Workers in Greece

From: Respiratory tract mortality in cement workers: a proportionate mortality study

Site

N

PMR

95% CI

Blue-collar maintenance workers

All respiratory cancer

91

1.91

1.54 to 2.33

Lung cancer

85

2.05

1.65 to 2.52

Larynx

6

1.32

0.53 to 2.74

Bladder cancer

13

1.52

0.85 to 2.55

Blue-collar maintenance workers

All respiratory cancer

35

1.7

1.2 to 2.34

Lung cancer

31

1.67

1.15 to 2.34

Larynx cancer

4

1.71

0.54 to 4.14

Bladder cancer

11

1.49

0.78 to 2.59

Office workers

All Respiratory cancer

13

0.62

0.34 to 1.03

Lung cancer

13

0.7

0.38 to 1.16

Larynx cancer

-

n/a

n/a

Bladder cancer

2

1.5

0.25 to 4.96

  1. PMR: proportionate mortality ratio; CI: confidence intervals.