Table 2 Observed (Obs) and expected (Exp) numbers of cancer of the nasopharynx and standardised incidence ratios (SIR) among women, by country and occupation. Only occupational categories with ≥5 cases (Nordic total) are shown. Country-specific numbers for Iceland not shown

Health workers

11

6.2

1.79

0.89–3.20

1

6.8

0.15

0.00–0.82

5

5.0

0.99

0.32–2.32

20

19.6

1.02

0.62–1.58

37

38.1

0.97

0.68–1.34

Teachers

3

3.3

0.92

0.19–2.70

4

4.1

0.97

0.26–2.49

1

3.3

0.31

0.01–1.71

8

13.1

0.61

0.26–1.20

16

24.1

0.67

0.38–1.08

Religous workers etc

0

0.4

0.00

0.00–8.44

3

2.2

1.35

0.28–3.93

0

0.8

0.00

0.00–4.72

2

4.3

0.47

0.06–1.69

5

7.8

0.64

0.21–1.50

Clerical workers

14

13.5

1.04

0.57–1.75

15

13.5

1.11

0.62–1.84

8

10.2

0.78

0.34–1.55

34

30.9

1.10

0.76–1.54

72

69.0

1.04

0.82–1.31

Sales agents

1

0.1

8.65

0.22–48.18

3

2.0

1.48

0.30–4.32

3

1.6

1.88

0.39–5.49

3

5.2

0.58

0.12–1.70

10

9.0

1.11

0.53–2.04

Shop workers

8

8.7

0.92

0.40–1.81

9

6.9

1.30

0.60–2.47

6

8.4

0.72

0.26–1.56

22

20.2

1.09

0.68–1.65

45

44.9

1.00

0.73–1.34

Farmers

7

6.1

1.15

0.46–2.37

6

4.7

1.29

0.47–2.80

5

5.6

0.89

0.29–2.07

2

2.3

0.87

0.11–3.15

20

19.1

1.05

0.64–1.61

Gardeners

2

0.8

2.52

0.31–9.12

11

12.5

0.88

0.44–1.58

4

3.3

1.22

0.33–3.13

6

5.5

1.09

0.40–2.38

23

22.0

1.04

0.66–1.57

Textile workers

2

3.0

0.67

0.08–2.41

4

4.8

0.84

0.23–2.15

4

3.5

1.16

0.31–2.96

9

12.8

0.70

0.32–1.34

19

24.3

0.78

0.47–1.22

Postal workers

1

0.5

2.16

0.05–12.05

3

2.1

1.42

0.29–4.15

1

2.0

0.49

0.01–2.74

6

5.6

1.08

0.40–2.35

12

10.4

1.15

0.60–2.01

Mechanics

1

0.6

1.75

0.04–9.73

0

0.6

0.00

0.00–5.84

0

0.3

0.00

0.00–12.95

4

2.4

1.67

0.46–4.28

5

3.9

1.29

0.42–3.00

Food workers

2

2.2

0.91

0.11–3.27

1

1.6

0.63

0.02–3.50

2

1.6

1.24

0.15–4.49

3

2.7

1.12

0.23–3.28

10

8.8

1.13

0.54–2.09

Glass makers etc

2

0.6

3.59

0.43–12.97

0

1.1

0.00

0.00–3.26

2

0.5

3.75

0.45–13.56

4

2.2

1.83

0.50–4.69

8

4.4

1.81

0.78–3.56

Packers

0

0.2

0.00

0.00–23.66

2

2.0

1.01

0.12–3.64

0

1.2

0.00

0.00–2.96

3

3.4

0.89

0.18–2.61

5

6.8

0.73

0.24–1.71

Cooks and stewards

0

0.0

0.00

0.00–664.38

5

2.3

2.15

0.70–5.01

4

1.9

2.14

0.58–5.47

7

5.5

1.27

0.51–2.61

16

10.0

1.60

0.92–2.60

Domestic assistants

2

3.3

0.60

0.07–2.16

1

2.6

0.39

0.01–2.17

1

4.9

0.21

0.01–1.15

14

14.1

0.99

0.54–1.66

18

25.0

0.72

0.43–1.14

Waiters

2

0.6

3.33

0.40–12.04

1

1.9

0.53

0.01–2.93

4

1.9

2.09

0.57–5.35

8

5.2

1.55

0.67–3.05

15

9.6

1.56

0.87–2.57

Building caretakers

8

9.7

0.83

0.36–1.63

15

7.9

1.90

1.07–3.14

11

7.8

1.40

0.70–2.51

10

14.1

0.71

0.34–1.30

44

40.0

1.10

0.80–1.48

Launderers

2

1.1

1.86

0.22–6.71

0

0.6

0.00

0.00–6.03

4

0.7

5.38

1.47–13.79

4

2.9

1.39

0.38–3.55

11

5.4

2.04

1.02–3.65

Other economically active

9

8.4

1.07

0.49–2.04

13

11.0

1.19

0.63–2.03

7

7.9

0.88

0.35–1.82

14

20.5

0.68

0.37–1.14

43

48.9

0.88

0.64–1.18

Economically inactive

60

67.8

0.89

0.68–1.14

50

55.8

0.90

0.66–1.18

67

66.5

1.01

0.78–1.28

304

294.6

1.03

0.92–1.15

484

486.5

0.99

0.91–1.09

All categories

137

1.00

Ref

147

1.00

Ref

139

1.00

Ref

487

1.00

Ref

918

1.00

Ref