Wisconsin Farmer Cancer Mortality, 1981 to 1990: Selected Malignancies

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• Personal Author:
  Anderson HA ; Hanrahan LP ; Haskins LK ; Lappe K ; Olson J ; Reding D
• Description:
  Cancer mortality risks for Wisconsin white male farmers were examined during the years 1981 to 1990. Four malignancies were studied: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, melanoma, colon cancer, and rectal cancer. Occupation coded deaths were segmented into farmer and nonfarmer groups and population counts for the groups were estimated from 1980 and 1990 Bureau of the Census data. Standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) were constructed from the ratio of observed farmer deaths and the expected number of farmer deaths. Expected deaths were generated from the underlying statewide nonfarmer rate for the malignancy multiplied into the farmer population at risk. Farmers had significantly lower mortality risks for melanoma (SMR: 0.659; 95%CI: 0.993-0.326) and colon cancer (SMR: 0.763; 95%CI: 0.928-0.599). Farmers also exhibited a nonsignificant decrement for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (SMR: 0.930; 95%CI: 1.214-0.645). For rectal cancer, farmers experienced a slightly higher but essentially the same risk as nonfarmers (SMR: 1.013; 95%CI: 1.418-0.608)-the SMR was not significant. This study corroborates a number of cancer incidence and mortality investigations demonstrating that farmers generally experience the same or lower mortality risks for these malignancies. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Epidemiology Farmers Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Cancer Cancer-rates Mortality-data Mortality-rates Statistical-analysis
• ISSN:
  0890-765X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  273-277
• Volume:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024895
• Citation:
  J Rural Health 1996 Dec; 12(S4):273-277
• Contact Point Address:
  Lawrence P. Hanrahan PhD, MS, Senior Epidemiologist, Section of Environmental Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Health, State of Wisconsin, 1 West Wilson St., P.O. Box 309, Madison, WI 53701-0309
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Performing Organization:
  Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services Madison, Wisocnsin
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19910930
• Source Full Name:
  The Journal of Rural Health
• Supplement:
  S4
• End Date:
  20060831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ba96d25cbed83cb7c833cf68478083492dc80af7a0fd4401f2ca4c466a71a2c480cdd97bf25906068dbc936259c1f2f58b0c9afab3d6514fa0bd19f2d6445699
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196482/cdc_196482_DS1.pdf
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