Health status of male steel workers at an electric arc furnace (EAF) in Trentino, Italy

Table 3 Mortality of workers exposed ≥ 1 year (reference: general population)

ICD 9^a	ICD 10	Cause of death	Observed	Expected	SMR	95 % CI	P
001 - 999	A00–T98	All causes	29^b	25.69	1.13	0.76–1.62	0.527
140 - 239	C00–D48	All tumours	14	10.27	1.36	0.75–2.29	0.283
162	C33–C34	Malignant tumors of the larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs	8	2.39	3.35	1.45–6.60	0.010
410 - 414	I20–I25	Ischemic heart disease	4	3.14	1.27	0.35–3.26	0.768
571	K70; K73–K74	Chronic liver disease	2	1.72	1.16	0.14–4.20	0.837
800 - 999	S00–T99	Injury and poisoning	6	4.53	1.32	0.48–2.88	0.604

^aTill 2002. ^bIn the absence of medical records, 3 cases were not included in the specific causes of deaths. CI = Confidence Interval
In bold, statistically significant value

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