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Table 1 Selected towns and cities with excess thyroid cancer mortality. *Spain 1989–1998.

From: Municipal mortality due to thyroid cancer in Spain

Autonomous Region

Province

City or Town

Obs

Exp

SMR

Smoothed RR

P (RR > 1)

Andalusia

Seville

Seville

62

39.65

1.56

1.298

0.984

Asturias

Asturias

Corvera de Asturias

3

0.91

3.30

1.489

0.978

  

Gijón

27

18.89

1.43

1.415

0.991

  

Langreo

7

3.96

1.77

1.501

0.979

  

Lena

6

1.08

5.57

1.582

0.994

  

Mieres del Camino

6

3.97

1.51

1.481

0.995

  

Oviedo

24

14.03

1.71

1.522

0.998

  

Tineo

4

1.34

2.99

1.562

0.991

Canary Islands

Palmas

Puerto del Rosario

3

0.51

5.91

3.955

0.962

  

Santa Lucía

5

1.10

4.54

1.626

0.925

  

Telde

6

2.91

2.06

1.337

0.863

 

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Arona

4

0.82

4.87

1.692

0.935

  

Guia de Isora

4

0.54

7.45

1.621

0.940

  

Paso (El)

4

0.46

8.64

1.734

0.920

  

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

14

10.64

1.32

1.289

0.856

Cantabria

Santander

Camaleño

4

0.14

28.99

1.584

0.982

Castile & Leon

Leon

Cistierna

3

0.40

7.43

1.338

0.929

Catalonia

Barcelona

Calella

5

0.86

5.85

1.410

0.839

 

Gerona

Sant Feliu de Guixols

4

1.18

3.40

1.452

0.836

Galicia

Corunna

Corunna

21

15.95

1.32

1.288

0.918

  

Ferrol

13

6.17

2.11

1.963

0.995

  

Melide

3

0.72

4.18

1.770

0.998

  

Mesia

4

0.32

12.66

1.644

0.995

  

Naron

5

1.96

2.55

1.768

0.990

  

Oza dos Rios

3

0.34

8.72

1.691

0.994

  

Porto do Son

3

0.78

3.85

1.327

0.850

 

Lugo

Barreiros

3

0.41

7.35

1.804

0.992

  

Begonte

3

0.46

6.59

1.798

0.999

  

Cervantes

3

0.29

10.42

1.607

0.996

  

Folgoso do Courel

3

0.24

12.61

1.595

0.999

  

Friol

5

0.55

9.17

1.824

0.999

  

Mondoñedo

3

0.65

4.61

1.747

0.997

  

Monforte de Lemos

5

2.03

2.47

1.522

0.987

 

Orense

Carballiño (O)

4

1.03

3.87

1.620

0.994

  

Ourense

11

7.01

1.57

1.556

0.996

  

Ribadavia

4

0.53

7.50

1.550

0.985

 

Pontevedra

Silleda

3

0.94

3.21

1.460

0.968

  

Vigo

24

16.10

1.49

1.308

0.934

  

Vilagarcia de Arousa

4

1.96

2.04

1.385

0.910

  1. Obs = observed deaths; Exp = expected deaths; SMR = standard mortality ratio; Smoothed RR = smoothed relative risk; P (RR > 1) = posterior probability that RR > 1.
  2. * Towns and cities that fulfill the following criteria: (Obs – Exp) > = 2; Obs >= 3; RR > 1.2 y (P(RR) > 1) >= 0.8.