Table 3 Number of cancer deaths in the exposed group and mortality ratios in the comparison of cohorts of 1 to up to 5 years old

Number of deaths in exposed group in 1983–1987

124

8

6

0

1

25

 MR with 95% confidence interval

1.45 (1.11–1.90)

2.18 (0.66–7.24)

1.64 (0.46–5.79)

NE

NE

2.73 (1.31–5.67)

Number of deaths in exposed group in 1988–1992

183

7

7

0

1

24

 MR with 95% confidence interval

1.24 (1.00–1.53)

0.48 (0.20–1.17)

1.54 (0.49–4.86)

NE

0.55 (0.05–6.07)

1.89 (0.98–3.65)

Number of deaths in exposed group in 1993–1997

301

22

14

31

3

25

 MR with 95% confidence interval

1.12 (0.95–1.32)

1.60 (0.83–3.08)

0.90 (0.44–1.82)

0.80 (0.51–1.28)

3.27 (0.34–31.45)

1.05 (0.61–1.82)

Number of deaths in exposed group in 1998–2003

590

80

43

74

6

40

 MR with 95% confidence interval

1.25 (1.09–1.44)

1.44 (0.97–2.15)

1.88 (1.03–3.44)

1.16 (0.79–1.71)

1.23 (0.31–4.90)

1.23 (0.72–2.10)

Number of deaths in exposed group in 1969–2003^b

1344

119

72

108

12

158

 Total MR with 95% confidence interval

1.39 (1.28–1.50)

1.65 (1.23–2.20)

1.82 (1.24–2.68)

1.02 (0.78–1.33)

2.02 (0.76–5.38)

1.43 (1.12–1.82)