Cancer Experience of Several Occupational Groups Followed Prospectively

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Abstract
A group of 68, 153 men engaged in various occupations have been followed for periods of time, averaging 7. 15 years/man, to determine causes of mortality. There have been 4,823 known deaths of which 374 were from lung cancer, 738 from other cancer sites, and 3,711 noncancer deaths. The lung cancer deaths were found to be related to cigarette smoking with a gradient reflecting the daily consumption of cigarettes. The lung cancer experience of the various occupational groups was corrected for smoking practices, and comparisons made with the lung cancer experience of all California males for comparable age groups. In this analysis one occupational group made up of members of an asbestos workers union was found to have a 3-fold excess of lung cancer. A significant deficit was also found among printers, but this is now believed to be the result of an unusual chance distribution over time of their lung cancer deaths. The possibility exists that some other lung cancer excesses will appear as occupational groups are further examined in terms of length of time in the occupation and specific exposures. Deaths from cancer other than lung cancer and from all causes other than cancer show deficits for all the occupational groups as compared to all California males.

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