Table 3 Number and percentage of sites of cancer, 1989–96: rank and crude incidence (CIR) of each cancer per 100 000 man-years of employment

ICD-9	Code	Site of cancer	Cases	%	Rank	CIRs	Recorded in 1964–79
162	RES	Respiratory system	241	13.8	1	9.41	✓
155	HCC	Hepatocellular carcinoma	223	12.8	2	8.71	✓
150	OES	Oesophagus	198	11.3	3	7.73	✓
140–149	BUC	Buccal cavity	94	5.4	4	3.67	✓
202.8, 202.9	NHL	Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma	70	4.0	5	2.73
161	LAX	Larynx	66	8.8	6	2.58
153–154	COL	Colorectal	58	3.3	7	2.26	✓
204–208	LEU	Leukaemia	57	3.3	8	2.23	✓
201	HDL	Hodgkin's lymphoma	55	3.1	9	2.15
203	MYE	Myeloma	52	3.0	10	2.03
171	CON	Connective tissue	50	2.9	11	1.95
151	STO	Stomach	49	2.8	12	1.91	✓
185	PRS	Prostate	49	2.8	12
173	SKI	Skin	40	2.3	14	1.56
157	PAN	Pancreas	33	1.9	15	1.29	✓
191–192	CNS	Brain and central nervous system	30	1.7	16	1.17
171.9	KPS	Kaposi's sarcoma	28	1.6	17	1.09
193–194	END	Thyroid, Other endocrine glands	27	1.5	18	1.05
170	BON	Bone	23	1.3	19	0.90
172	MEL	Melanoma	21	1.2	20	0.82
188	BLD	Bladder	21	1.2	20		✓
189	KID	Kidney	16	0.9	22	0.62
186	TES	Testis	15	0.9	23	0.59
163	PLE	Pleura	14	0.8	24	0.55
187	PEN	Penis	10	0.6	25	0.39
152	INT	Intestine	9	0.5	26	0.35
190	EYE	Eye	7	0.4	27	0.27
200	LSA	Lympho- and reticulosarcoma	7	2.6	27
175	BRS	Male breast	6	0.3	29	0.23
195, 199, 238	USP	Ill defined, unspecified	128	7.4	—	5.04
196–198	PSU	Metastatic but with primary site unknown	46	2.6	—	1.80
^a	LYS	Lymphatic system^a	132	7.6	—	5.15
^b	HIV	HIV/AIDS-related^b	235	13.5	—	9.17
^c	NKN	Inadequate detail/^c	175	10.0	—	6.83
N/N	ALL	All cancers	1745	99.9	—	68.19

^aICD-9; 200, 201, 202.8, 202.9 are grouped together as cancers of the lymphatic system.
^bSubtotals 171.9, 191–192, 201, 202.8, 202.9 and 203 as HIV/AIDS-related (see Table 9).
^cSubtotals 195, 196–199 and 238 as inadequate detail/not known.

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