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Gulf War and Health: Volume 1. Depleted Uranium, Sarin, Pyridostigmine Bromide, Vaccines

TABLE 4.8 Mortality from All Forms of Cancer

Reference	Study Site	Study Group (n)	No. of Observed Deaths	No. of Expected Deaths	SMR (95% CI)
Wagoner et al., 1964	Uranium mills and mines, Colorado Plateau	611^a	6	8	75 (4–146)^b
Archer et al., 1973a	Uranium mills, Colorado Plateau	662	20	18.11	110 (63–157)^b
Polednak and Frome, 1981	Y-12 uranium processing plant, Oak Ridge, TN	18,869	886	1,042	85 (79–91)^b
Waxweiler et al., 1983	Uranium mills, Colorado Plateau	2,002	82	109.8	75 (59–93)
Hadjimichael et al., 1983	Nuclear fuel fabrication plant, Connecticut	2,613^c	40	44.5	88 (62–120)
Stayner et al., 1985	Phosphate fertilizer production facility, Florida	3,199	22	28.99	76 (51–108)^d
Brown and Bloom, 1987	Uranium enrichment plant, Portsmouth, OH	5,773	125	146.2	85 (71–102)
Dupree et al., 1987	Uranium processing plant, Buffalo, NY	995	74	70.1	106 (83–132)
Checkoway et al., 1988	Y-12 uranium materials fabrication plant, Oak Ridge, TN	6,781	196	193.4	101 (88–117)
Frome et al., 1990	Y-12 and K-25 uranium enrichment facilities and research laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN	28,008	2,207	2,108	105 (101–109)^b
Ritz, 1999	Uranium processing plant, Ohio	4,014	332	303.6	109 (98–122)
^aStudy Group comprised of white millers. ^bThe confidence interval was calculated by the committee; it was not stated in the study. ^cStudy Group comprised of males in industrial jobs. ^d90% CI. 131