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Table 2 Relative risks and 95% confidence and credibility intervals for towns with installations lying within a radius of 2000, 1500 and 1000 metres from the municipal centroid.

From: Study of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma mortality associated with industrial pollution in Spain, using Poisson models

  

Poisson

Mixed

BYM

Radius

Industrial Sector

RR

Lower limit

Upper limit

RR

Lower limit

Upper limit

RR

2.50%

97.50%

 

Combustion installations > 50 MW

1.06

0.94

1.19

1.08

0.95

1.24

1.10

0.93

1.29

 

Metal industry and metal ore roasting or sintering installations, Installations for the production of ferrous and non-ferrous metals

0.92

0.85

1.00

0.96

0.87

1.06

0.97

0.85

1.10

 

Installations for the production of cement clinker (>500 t/d), lime (>50 t/d), glass (>20 t/d), mineral substances (>20 t/d) or ceramic products (>75 t/d)

0.90

0.81

1.01

0.96

0.86

1.08

0.96

0.84

1.10

 

Basic organic chemicals

1.01

0.87

1.17

1.02

0.88

1.20

1.08

0.89

1.30

2000 m

Installations for the disposal of non-hazardous waste (>50 t/d) and landfills (>10 t/d)

0.89

0.71

1.11

0.96

0.76

1.21

0.92

0.70

1.19

 

Industrial plants for pulp from timber or other fibrous materials and paper or board production (>20 t/d)

1.16

1.06

1.27

1.24

1.09

1.42

1.21

1.01

1.45

 

Slaughterhouses (>50 t/d), plants for the production of milk (>200 t/d), other animal raw materials (>75 t/d) or vegetable raw materials (>300 t/d)

0.91

0.75

1.10

0.99

0.81

1.21

0.99

0.77

1.27

 

Installations for surface treatment or products using organic solvents (>200 t/y)

0.95

0.83

1.10

1.10

0.93

1.31

1.14

0.91

1.43

 

Combustion installations > 50 MW

1.11

0.93

1.33

1.09

0.91

1.31

1.07

0.84

1.35

1500 m

Metal industry and metal ore roasting or sintering installations, Installations for the production of ferrous and non-ferrous metals

0.92

0.81

1.05

0.93

0.81

1.06

0.96

0.82

1.12

 

Installations for the production of cement clinker (>500 t/d), lime (>50 t/d), glass (>20 t/d), mineral substances (>20 t/d) or ceramic products (>75 t/d)

0.83

0.71

0.98

0.87

0.74

1.03

0.89

0.73

1.07

1000 m

Metal industry and metal ore roasting or sintering installations, Installations for the production of ferrous and non-ferrous metals

0.92

0.78

1.08

0.89

0.75

1.05

0.91

0.74

1.10

 

Installations for the production of cement clinker (>500 t/d), lime (>50 t/d), glass (>20 t/d), mineral substances (>20 t/d) or ceramic products (>75 t/d)

0.97

0.77

1.23

1.00

0.79

1.26

1.03

0.79

1.33

  1. Estimates adjusted for age, sex and socio-demographic variables.