Table 5 Estimated person-years and expected cancer cases, and SIR according to different models, Cohort study in Saarland, Germany, 1990–2005

Person-years

81,193.4

74,377.9

84,907.6

90,510.7

86,557.7

79,308.5

90,505.8

96,200.2

All Cancers^a

235

211.0

1.11

0.98, 1.27

189.0

1.24

1.09, 1.41

226.2

1.04

0.91, 1.18

261.1

0.90

0.79, 1.02

235

232.0

1.01

0.89, 1.15

209.7

1.12

0.99, 1.27

244.2

0.96

0.85, 1.09

274.5

0.86

0.75, 0.97

Stomach

27

8.3

3.25

2.14, 4.75

7.5

3.60

2.37, 5.26

8.8

3.07

2.02, 4.48

10.5

2.57

1.68, 3.75

21

6.8

3.09

1.91, 4.73

6.1

3.44

2.13, 5.27

7.1

2.96

1.83, 4.53

8.4

2.50

1.55, 3.83

Colorectal

18

31.0

0.58

0.34, 0.92

27.6

0.65

0.39, 1,03

32.8

0.55

0.33, 0.87

39.1

0.46

0.27, 0.73

39

31.9

1.22

0.87, 1.67

28.6

1.36

0.97, 1.86

33.6

1.16

0.83, 1.59

39.2

0.99

0.71, 1.36

Lung

61

36.2

1.69

1.31, 2.17

32.4

1.88

1.46, 2.42

38.3

1.59

1.24, 2.05

45.0

1.36

1.05, 1.74

6

15.7

0.38

0.14, 0.83

14.1

0.43

0.16, 0.93

16.6

0.36

013, 0,79

18.5

0.32

0.12, 0.71

Breast

57

72.1

0.79

0.61, 1.02

65.3

0.87

0.67, 1.13

75.8

0.75

0.58, 0.97

83.6

0.68

0.53, 0.88

Prostate

35

37.6

0.93

0.65, 1.29

33.3

1.05

0.73, 1.46

40.0

0.88

0.61, 1.22

48.7

0.72

0.50, 1.00

Leukaemia

9

5.9

1.53

0.70, 2.90

5.4

1.67

0.76, 3.17

6.3

1.43

0.65, 2.71

7.1

1.27

0.58, 2.41

7

5.2

1.35

0.54, 2.77

4.7

1.49

0.60, 3.07

5.5

1.27

0.51, 2.62

6.2

1.13

0.45, 2.33