Cancer incidence in men: a cluster analysis of spatial patterns

BMC Cancer

Table 1 Mean smoothed SIRs (BYM model) by cancer sites in eight clusters of regional municipalities.

Site	Cluster 1	Cluster 2	Cluster 3	Cluster 4	Cluster 5	Cluster 6	Cluster 7	Cluster 8
Stomach	99.16	157.50	96.65	89.30	85.35	101.60	91.77	96.11
Esophagus	112.50	155.73	89.20	68.02	79.03	119.05	111.75	103.28
Oral cav. phar.	125.34	121.21	97.79	91.95	80.47	91.04	82.28	95.89
Larynx	114.65	109.74	101.40	103.35	89.90	99.43	89.89	96.71
Liver	106.00	113.16	104.88	104.72	93.98	97.54	96.62	108.91
Prostate	100.26	111.87	101.40	99.33	90.47	87.64	99.82	97.33
Pancreas	102.97	110.38	87.42	104.91	96.83	110.23	91.74	103.23
Colon-rectum	96.69	101.65	93.57	93.26	100.73	106.51	100.61	101.83
Lung	88.46	111.93	102.56	89.23	101.16	99.81	103.40	92.10
Urinary bladder	94.23	108.00	96.15	85.37	100.58	101.05	99.08	91.09
Skin melanoma	85.57	106.39	99.92	89.89	102.37	88.98	92.82	106.65
Kidney	104.42	98.95	98.16	92.26	102.60	109.22	102.74	98.29
Thyroid gland	94.30	94.25	106.20	111.20	106.99	100.53	116.37	102.42

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