Table 3 Thyborøn-Harboøre (TH) and Holmsland-Hanstholm (HH), Denmark.

From: Death and hospital contact in a cohort from Thyborøn-Harboøre an environmentally contaminated site in Denmark

Disease initiation contact

Total

Men

Women

Contacts

aRR

95% CI

Contacts

aRR

95% CI

Contacts

aRR

95% CI

TH

HH

TH

HH

TH

HH

All contacts

4571

8695

1.08

1.05–1.12

2382

4458

1.14

1.08–1.20

2189

4237

1.03

0.98–1.09

Cancer

1197

2065

1.14

1.06–1.22

643

1095

1.17

1.06–1.29

554

970

1.11

1.00-1.24

Cardiovascular disease

2308

4411

1.01

0.96–1.07

1264

2367

1.05

0.98–1.13

1044

2044

0.97

0.90–1.05

 Ischemic heart dis.

781

1452

1.05

0.96–1.14

482

896

1.05

0.94–1.17

299

556

1.05

0.91–1.20

 Heart attach

413

861

0.94

0.84–1.06

281

552

1.00

0.86–1.15

132

309

0.84

0.69–1.03

 Stroke

568

1047

1.07

0.97–1.19

327

585

1.11

0.97–1.27

241

462

1.02

0.87–1.19

Neurological disease

822

1672

0.91

0.84–0.99

457

853

1.01

0.90–1.13

365

819

0.81

0.72–0.92

 Dementia

107

190

1.09

0.86–1.38

49

89

1.07

0.75–1.52

58

101

1.11

0.80–1.53

 Parkinson disease

29

74

0.77

0.50–1.18

13

45

0.58

0.31–1.07

16

29

1.06

0.57–1.94

Respiratory disease

1240

2348

1.02

0.95–1.09

691

1273

1.06

0.97–1.17

549

1075

0.97

0.88–1.08

 Asthma

114

229

0.93

0.75-0.1.17

60

94

1.20

0.87–1.66

54

135

0.75

0.55–1.03

 COPD

308

600

0.98

0.85–1.12

166

292

1.10

0.91–1.34

142

308

0.87

0.71–1.06

Autoimmune disease

425

808

1.00

0.89–1.12

219

412

1.00

0.85–1.18

206

396

0.99

0.84–1.18

 IBD

83

137

1.14

0.87–1.50

37

70

0.99

0.66–1.47

46

67

1.30

0.89–1.90

 Rheumatoid arthritis

105

199

1.00

0.79–1.27

36

85

0.80

0.54–1.18

69

114

1.15

0.85–1.55

 Multiple sclerosis

13

33

0.73

0.39–1.39

NR

14

NR

NR

9

19

0.89

0.40–1.97

Psychiatric disorders

286

516

1.04

0.90–1.20

149

261

1.07

0.87–1.31

137

255

1.01

0.82–1.25

 Affective disorders

42

93

0.85

0.59–1.22

17

35

0.90

0.50–1.60

25

58

0.81

0.51–1.30

 Anxiety

17

20

1.58

0.83–3.01

11

5

4.07

1.41–11.72

6

15

0.75

0.29–1.92

 Spontaneous abortion

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

232

423

1.04

0.89–1.22

  1. Comparison between areas for people living there 1968–1970. Hospital contact. Disease categories with less than 5 cases in Thyborøn-Harboøre not shown.
  2. aRR adjusted rate ratio—adjusted for sex (where relevant), running age, and calendar year, CI confidence interval, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, HH Holmsland-Hanstholm, IBD inflammatory bowel diseases, NR not reported, TH Thyborøn-Harboøre.
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