Dear Editor,
Entity | ICD-10 | Incidencea
| UCDb
| MCDc
| M/Id
| |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | AS(W)e
| N | ASRf
| N | ASRf
| |||
Tonsil | C09 | 271 | 2.3 | 26 | 0.29 | 28 | 0.31 | 0.10 |
Other oropharynx | C10 | 55 | 0.5 | 26 | 0.30 | 33 | 0.39 | 0.47 |
Nasopharynx | C11 | 63 | 0.6 | 19 | 0.22 | 24 | 0.29 | 0.30 |
Hypopharynx | C12-C13 | 128 | 1.1 | 18 | 0.21 | 21 | 0.25 | 0.14 |
Pharynx, unspecified | C14 | 21 | 0.2 | 55 | 0.64 | 71 | 0.83 | 2.62 |
Nose, sinuses, etc. | C30-C31 | 65 | 0.5 | 8 | 0.11 | 9 | 0.11 | 0.12 |
Pharynx | C09-C14 | 538 | 4.7 | 144 | 1.66 | 177 | 2.07 | 0.27 |
Cumulative exposure (ppm-years) | OBS | EXP | SMR (95% CI) |
---|---|---|---|
0 (never) | 2 | 1.1 | 1.82 (0.22 – 6.57) |
(0.0, 0.5] | 8 | 3.6 | 2.22 (0.96 – 4.38) |
(0.5, 5.5] | 3 | 4.1 | 0.73 (0.15 – 2.14) |
(5.5, ∞) | 2 | 2.6 | 0.77 (0.09 – 2.78) |
>0 (ever) | 13 | 10.3 | 1.26 (0.67 – 2.16) |