Table 4 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

Cause of death

Total

Men

Women

Deaths

aRR

95% CI

Deaths

aRR

95% CI

Deaths

aRR

95% CI

TH

HH

TH

HH

TH

HH

All causes

302

1197

1.26

1.11–1.43

182

755

1.15

0.98–1.36

120

442

1.44

1.18–1.76

Cancer

79

265

1.47

1.14–1.89

40

156

1.22

0.86–1.73

39

109

1.81

1.26–2.62

 Bladder cancer

5

10

2.87

0.97–8.45

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Cardiovascular disease

57

245

1.31

0.98–1.74

33

148

1.23

0.84–1.80

24

97

1.47

0.94–2.30

Respiratory diseases

23

96

1.26

0.80–1.99

12

56

1.09

0.59–2.05

11

40

1.51

0.77–2.96

Other diseases

82

359

1.12

0.88–1.42

49

239

0.97

0.72–1.33

33

120

1.39

0.95–2.05

 Liver disease

5

29

0.80

0.31–2.08

NR

22

NR

NR

NR

7

NR

NR

 Dementia

11

33

2.21

1.12–4.39

6

11

3.47

1.27–9.45

5

22

1.55

0.58–4.09

External causes

31

101

1.25

0.84–1.88

24

77

1.19

0.75–1.88

7

24

1.40

0.60–3.27

Missing cause

30

131

1.11

0.74–1.65

24

79

1.37

0.87–2.17

6

52

0.64

0.27–1.48

  1. Comparison between areas for people living there 1990–2006. Mortality by cause of death. 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, HH Holmsland-Hanstholm, NR not reported, TH Thyborøn-Harboøre.
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