North Shore AIR

North Shore Air Inventory Report

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Health Table 9: Cancer Incidence: All Sites/Types by Gender

	Beverly			Marblehead			Salem
	Obs	Exp	SIR	Obs	Exp	SIR	Obs	Exp	SIR
All Sites / Types
Male	537	577.4	93	365	348.4	104.8	592	531.6	111.4
Female	617	591.6	104.3	345	321.5	107.3	620	563.7	110
Bladder, Urinary
Male	44	43.3	101.6	29	26.1	111.2	45	39.8	113
Female	15	17.9	84	13	9.3	139.5	15	16.7	89.8
Brain and Other Nervous System
Male	20	8.3	241.5	8	4.8	168	5	7.8	64.1
Female	6	7.6	79.2	3	4.1	nc	2	7.4	nc
Breast
Male	2	1.3	nc	1	0.8	nc	1	1.2	nc
Female	184	177	103.9	132	100.9	130.8	180	169.8	106
Cervix Uteri
Female	5	8.1	61.4	2	4.5	nc	8	8.2	98.1
Colon / Rectum
Male	59	66.7	88.4	39	40.3	96.9	65	61.3	106
Female	73	74.2	98.4	42	37.8	111.1	76	68.9	110.4
Esophagus
Male	7	10.4	67.2	4	6.4	nc	10	9.5	105.1
Female	2	3.6	nc	1	1.9	nc	5	3.4	148.8
Hodgkin Lymphoma
Male	6	3.6	166	0	1.8	nc	1	3.7	nc
Female	2	3.3	nc	0	1.6	nc	5	3.5	144
Kidney & Renal Pelvis
Male	18	17.2	104.9	8	10.4	76.9	24	15.7	153
Female	15	12.3	121.7	4	6.7	nc	8	11.7	68.2
Larynx
Male	9	7.7	116.8	3	4.8	nc	9	7	128
Female	5	2.1	232.6	0	1.2	nc	2	2.1	nc
Leukemia
Male	11	13.3	82.8	7	7.8	90.2	16	12.4	129.4
Female	11	12.3	89.3	5	6.4	78.6	18	11.6	154.8
Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Ducts
Male	4	8	nc	1	4.8	nc	4	7.3	nc
Female	4	3.5	nc	0	1.8	nc	1	3.2	nc
Lung and Bronchus
Male	82	84.7	96.8	37	51.2	72.2	101	77.5	130.3
Female	98	79.9	122.6	40	43.3	92.4	92	75.9	121.1
Melanoma of Skin
Male	27	22	122.5	37	13	284.8	21	20.5	102.3
Female	24	18.8	127.9	17	10.3	165.6	21	18.6	112.9
Multiple Myeloma
Male	7	6	116	0	3.7	nc	8	5.5	144.7
Female	4	5.6	nc	2	2.9	nc	6	5.2	114.9
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Male	18	21.8	82.7	15	12.8	117.3	17	20.3	83.8
Female	22	21.9	100.5	10	11.6	86.6	27	20.9	129.2
Oral Cavity & Pharynx
Male	14	16.3	85.7	6	10	59.8	22	14.9	147.7
Female	13	8.7	149.4	5	4.8	104.6	12	8.3	144.3
Ovary
Female	20	18.3	109.4	11	10.2	108.1	19	17.5	108.3
Pancreas
Male	16	12.4	129.1	10	7.5	133	18	11.4	158.5
Female	16	15.4	103.8	10	7.8	127.6	13	14.3	91.1
Prostate
Male	136	174.6	77.9	125	108	115.8	172	159.2	108
Stomach
Male	6	11.4	52.9	5	6.8	73	10	10.5	95.6
Female	4	8	nc	3	4	nc	11	7.3	149.7
Testis
Male	6	6.3	94.6	7	2.8	245.8	6	6.9	87.3
Thyroid
Male	5	4.2	119.5	2	2.3	nc	5	4.1	123.4
Female	10	13.9	71.9	8	7.6	105.2	3	14.4	nc
Uteri Corpus and Uterus, NOS
Female	28	34.4	81.5	16	19.9	80.3	34	33.1	102.8

Observed and Expected Case Counts, with Standardized Incidence Ratios, 1998-2002. Data from Massachusetts Cancer Registry, Massachusetts Dept. Public Health

All Categories highlighted in bright yellow have elevated statistics as compared to the Standardized Incidence Ratio (SIR) expected of at least 10% (or an SIR greater than 110) in at least one of the towns. The light yellow highlights each specific statistic that meets these criteria.

· Obs = observed case count; Exp = expected case count;

SIR = standardized incidence ratio ( (Obs / Exp) X 100);
95% CI = 95% confidence intervals, a measure of the statistical significance of the SIR;
Shading indicates the statistical significance of the SIR at 95% level of probability;
nc = The SIR and 95% CI were not calculated when Obs < 5;

North Shore AIR

North Shore Air Inventory Report

Health Table 9: Cancer Incidence: All Sites/Types by Gender

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Marblehead

Salem

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