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Table 2 Cancer incidence rate per 100,000 person-years by sub-cohort groupa

From: Increased risk of thyroid cancer in female residents nearby nuclear power plants in Korea: was it due to detection bias?

Cancer

Region

CR(Male/Female)

ASR(Male/Female)

All

Exposed

904.4/541.1

566.2/307.0

Control

1093.4/560.4

545.2/281.2

Control-1

1048.3/618.7

509.9/306.5

Control-2

1132.8/518.7

567.9/264.0

RI cancer

Exposed

572.9/308.3

358.6/189.3

Control

667.7/313.2

343.1/161.2

Control-1

614.4/352.2

295.8/181.5

Control-2

714.3/285.3

375.0/146.5

Stomach ca.

Exposed

229.2/104.4

140.7/49.5

Control

218.7/109.0

104.0/51.1

Control-1

191.4/130.3

96.0/58.8

Control-2

242.5/93.7

110.3/44.5

Liver ca.

Exposed

151.4/22.2

97.6/9.5

Control

149.4/43.3

75.6/17.7

Control-1

129.5/32.5

64.9/13.3

Control-2

166.8/51.5

85.6/21.1

Lung ca.

Exposed

151.4/34.1

90.9/13.2

Control

256.7/59.5

105.9/22.5

Control-1

251.7/69.0

107.1/26.6

Control-2

261.1/52.6

104.7/19.9

Thyroid ca.

Exposed

22.6/75.3

15.9/60.7

Control

15.9/48.5

11.4/33.0

Control-1

26.8/61.0

16.3/43.1

Control-2

6.4/39.5

8.2/26.4

Breast ca.

Exposed

−/56.5

−/44.7

Control

−/38.3

−/29.7

Control-1

−/40.6

−/30.3

Control-2

−/36.6

−/29.0

  1. CR: Crude Rate per 100,000 person-years, ASR: Age-Standardized Rate per 100,000 person-years,
  2. All: all sites, RI cancer: Radio-inducible cancer
  3. aAnalysis based on raw data from Korea Foundation of Nuclear Safety[2]