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Appendix C: Standardized Mortality Ratios
Pages 105-109

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... The larger population rates help to stabilize estimates of rare disease or within sparse subject strata. SMRs also help put the relative rates in a perspective somewhat familiar to the reader.
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... we used as a comparison standard in this SMR analysis included chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) , which is not thought to be radiogenic.
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... STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIOS TABLE C-1. Standardized Mortality Ratios for All Causes of Death in Navy Participants and Controls _.
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... 108 CROSSROADS TABLE C-2. Standardized Mortality Ratios for All-Malignancy Deaths in Navy Participants and Controls 95% ConfMntervais Observed SMR Lower Upper ENGINEERING AND HULL ENLISTED Junior Boarder Participant 81 0.8487 0.6639 1.0340 Control 224 0.7505 0.6522 0.8488 Non-Boarding Participant 169 0.9057 0.7692 1.0420 Midlevel Boarder Participant 56 0.7576 0.5592 0.9561 Control 217 0.9165 0.7945 1.0380 Non-Boarding Participant 166 1.0130 0.8592 1.1680 Senior Boarder Participant 82 0.9199 0.7208 1.1 19 Control 288 1.0250 0.9068 1.1440 Non-Boarding Participant 190 0.8875 0.7613 1.0140 OFFICERS Boarder Participant 66 0.6072 0.4607 0.7537 Control 301 0.5836 0.5177 0.6495 Non-Boarding Participant 248 0.5755 0.5039 0.6471 OTHER ENLISTED Junior Boarder Participant 182 0.8321 0.7112 0.9530 Control 787 0.8477 0.7884 0.9069 Non-Boarding Participant 627 0.8633 0.7957 0.9308 Midlevel Boarder Participant 100 0.9660 0.7767 1.1550 Control 464 0.8040 0.7308 0.8771 Non-Boarding Participant 400 0.7505 0.6769 0.8240 Senior Boarder Participant 100 0.9733 0.7825 1.1640 Control 383 0.8929 0.8035 0.9823 Non-Boardinq Particioant 375 0.8913 0.8011 0.9815 All Participants 2842 0.8196 0.7895 0.8497 All Controls 2664 0.8156 0.7846 0.8465 1.2 1.0 0.8 i 0.6 SMR 0.4 l All Malignancy by Occupation/grade Category and Boarding ~T i*
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... for Marines (n = 1,137) Case All Participants Definition Deaths _ All Controls Deaths SMR All Causes 173 0.8741 (0.7438-1.004)
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Key Terms

  • mortality ratios
  • smr analysis
  • percent confidence
  • confidence intervals
  • white male

  • representing equal
  • subject strata
  • smr data
  • lymphocytic leukemia
  • stabilize estimates

  • enlisted personnel
  • observed rate
  • model yielded
  • chronic lymphocytic
  • larger population

  • primary analysis
  • expected rate
  • hazard models
  • boarder status
  • hull status

  • atmospheric nuclear
  • army air
  • proportional hazards
  • rates help
  • analysis using

  • participant status
  • disease category
  • earlier mortality
  • hazards model
  • outcome models


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