Appendix 3: Summary statistics for each cancer site

Table A3.1 Summary statistics for each cancer site mapped: numbers of cases per ED or ward, ranges of SIRs and smoothed RRs for 1995-2007
 number of cases per ED/ward

SIR
(min-max)

smoothed RR
(min-max)
 mean(min-max)
cancer sitefemalesmalesfemalesmalesfemalesmalesfemalesmales
non-melanoma cancer of the skin12.514.2(0—315)(0—333)(0—6)(0—5)(0.6—1.9)(0.6—2.1)
breast9.8(0—228)(0—6)(0.8—1.2)
colorectal4.35.4(0—89)(0—124)(0—9)(0—5)(0.8—1.2)(0.8—1.4)
lung3.35.3(0—95)(0—126)(0—8)(0—7)(0.4—2.7)(0.4—3.1)
prostate8.4(0—181)(0—5)(0.6—1.6)
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma1.21.3(0—26)(0—30)(0—22)(0—13)(0.9—1.2)(0.8—1.1)
stomach0.91.5(0—29)(0—39)(0—23)(0—20)(0.5—2.0)(0.6—1.8)
melanoma of the skin1.40.9(0—32)(0—21)(0—16)(0—12)(0.7—1.8)(0.6—2.1)
bladder0.61.6(0—15)(0—33)(0—23)(0—11)(0.6—1.6)(0.7—1.6)
head and neck0.61.4(0—18)(0—35)(0—28)(0—11)(0.6—1.9)(0.6—2.8)
leukaemia0.81.1(0—16)(0—32)(0—30)(0—13)(0.9—1.1)(0.8—1.3)
pancreas0.90.9(0—26)(0—24)(0—24)(0—17)(0.8—1.3)(0.9—1.1)
kidney0.61.0(0—20)(0—24)(0—26)(0—15)(0.9—1.1)(0.9—1.2)
oesophagus0.61.0(0—12)(0—28)(0—48)(0—17)(0.6—1.6)(0.7—1.4)
ovary1.6(0—29)(0—10)(0.8—1.2)
brain and other central nervous system0.60.8(0—12)(0—20)(0—34)(0—23)(0.8—1.2)(1.0—1.1)
corpus uteri1.3(0—28)(0—16)(0.8—1.3)
cervix uteri1.0(0—27)(0—22)(0.6—2.2)
SIR: standardised incidence ratios        
RR: relative risk        

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