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Table 3 SIR and SMR for each census collector district in the Rhodes study area compared with New South Wales for all cancers (based on 25 year counts).

From: Effect of a chemical manufacturing plant on community cancer rates

Geographical Region

Number of cases

Distance from site + (metres)

Case SIR (Indirectly Standardised)

95% Confidence Interval

Death SMR (Indirectly Standardised)

95% Confidence Interval

1410101

76

200

113.6

90.3–141.0

119.0

85.4–161.4

1410102

34

985

149.0*

108.7–199.3

113.8

66.3–182.3

1380508

14

1014

49.0#

26.8–82.3

52.3

19.2–113.9

1380507

13

1190

48.5#

25.0–84.6

21.7#

2.6–78.2

1380503

35

1241

96.3

67.8–132.7

111.2

68.0–171.8

1380509

58

1248

184.1*

128.3–256.1

128.2

61.5–235.8

1380501

76

1250

76.3#

57.8–98.9

66.8#

42.8–99.3

1410103

78

1302

91.3

74.0–111.5

81.9

58.8–111.1

1381207

61

1415

80.1

61.1–103.1

79.5

54.0–112.9

1381209

76

1428

102.8

81.9–127.4

137.4*

102.3–180.6

1380505

25

1527

94.3

63.2–135.5

107.7

58.9–180.6

1380504

58

1530

83.0

63.5–106.6

93.1

66.2–127.2

1380510

51

1561

71.8#

51.3–97.8

79.9

52.2–117.1

1381211

38

1576

101.3

72.4–138.0

83.5

46.7–137.7

1380506

22

1633

100.9

63.2–152.8

116.7

58.3–208.8

1381210

11

1638

56.3

28.1–100.6

88.3

38.1–174.0

1410104

8

1682

84.5

56.2–122.2

93.4

52.3–154.1

1380502

34

1717

105.8

80.2–137.1

109.1

72.5–157.6

1410105

71

1874

89.6

68.8–114.6

99.0

68.6–138.3

1410301

83

1935

81.1

63.6–102.0

82.6

58.2–113.9

  1. Notes:
  2. SLA = Statistical Local Area
  3. SIR = Standardised Incidence Ratio
  4. SMR = Standardised Mortality Ratio
  5. + Distance from site = distance between the centroid of the collector district from the centre of the former Union Carbide site
  6. # Statistically significantly lower than the comparison area
  7. * Statistically significantly higher than the comparison area