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Table 5 Comparison of Radio-inducible cancer incidence rates by period and 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

Sex

Year

CR

ASR(95% CI)

Thyroid ca.

Exposed

Male

1992–2003

7.9

4.7(0–11.2)

2004–2008

41.8

26.7(7.5–45.9)

Female

1992–2003

35.3

32.0(11.8–52.3)

2004–2008

112.9

83.0(53.6–112.4)

Control-1

Male

1992–2003

4.6

2.9(0–8.4)

2004–2008

52.1

29.8(10.2–49.5)

Female

1992–2003

35.7

13.5(4.0–23.1)

2004–2008

82.2

73.0(34.6–111.4)

Control-2

Male

1992–2003

4.7

7.3(0–21.5)

2004–2008

7.8

8.9(0–21.7)

Female

1992–2003

19.5

10.2(0.9–19.6)

2004–2008

55.8

39.9(21.1–58.7)

Liver ca.

Exposed

Male

1992–2005

144.8

104.6(74.4–134.8)

2006–2008

169.7

85.9(46.1–125.7)

Female

1992–2005

17.7

8.5(1.9–15.2)

2006–2008

31.5

9.6(1.0–18.2)

Control-1

Male

1992–2005

122.4

68.0(45.0–91.0)

2006–2008

147.8

55.2(26.1–84.4)

Female

1992–2005

33.3

14.2(5.2–23.2)

2006–2008

30.7

9.8(0.4–19.2)

Control-2

Male

1992–2005

171.3

89.1(62.1–116.1)

2006–2008

158.2

80.7(45.4–116.0)

Female

1992–2005

46.8

20.1(10.8–29.4)

2006–2008

59.4

21.6(9.0–34.3)

Stomach ca.

Exposed

Male

1992–2005

213.2

155.4(117.7–193.1)

2006–2008

273.6

108.5(69.1–147.9)

Female

1992–2005

91.3

47.7(30.6–64.7)

2006–2008

131.6

54.6(28.5–80.7)

Control-1

Male

1992–2005

211.3

117.2(86.7–147.8)

2006–2008

140.2

54.3(26.1–82.5)

Female

1992–2005

130.6

61.4(38.8–84.1)

2006–2008

129.7

48.1(23.5–72.6)

Control-2

Male

1992–2005

229.9

98.8(74.8–122.9)

2006–2008

267.2

129.3(83.7–174.9)

Female

1992–2005

87.1

45.6(29.2–62.0)

2006–2008

106.5

41.4(23.0–59.9)

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