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Table 2 Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs) for overall cancer, the 10 leading causes of cancer mortality and 5 other causes of mortality.

From: Impact on mortality and cancer incidence rates of using random invitation from population registers for recruitment to trials

MORTALITY CAUSE

ICD-10 Code

Expected mortality

Observed Mortality

SMR

L95%CI

U95%CI

Cancers Overall

C00:C99 excl. C56, C57.0, C44

4419

2469

55.9%

53.7%

58.1%

Lung Cancer

C33:C34

1020

499

48.9%

44.7%

53.4%

Breast Cancer

C50

813

349

42.9%

38.6%

47.7%

Colorectal Cancer

C18:C21

415

218

52.6%

45.8%

60.1%

Pancreatic Cancer

C25

244

195

79.8%

69.0%

91.8%

Oesophagus Cancer

C15

111

85

76.4%

61.0%

94.5%

Stomach Cancer

C16

85

64

75.1%

57.8%

95.9%

N-H Lymphoma

C82:C85, C96

194

88

45.4%

36.4%

55.9%

Leukaemia

C91:C95

107

49

45.9%

33.9%

60.6%

Uterus Cancer

C54:C55

120

63

52.3%

40.2%

66.9%

Bladder Cancer

C67

68

32

46.7%

32.0%

66.0%

Mental Behaviours Deaths

F-

127

9

7.1%

3.2%

13.4%

Nervous System Deaths

G-

344

92

26.8%

21.6%

32.8%

Circulatory Deaths

I-

3208

999

31.1%

29.2%

33.1%

Respiratory Deaths

J-

1179

261

22.1%

19.5%

25.0%

Digestive Deaths

K-

688

187

27.2%

23.4%

31.4%

  1. Ovarian (C56)/tubal cancer (C57.0) and other malignant neoplasm of skin (C44) have been excluded. Average time on trial at censoring (1st June 2009) = 5.55 yrs/woman