Fishermen study

The Fishermen study is an epidemiological study organised by THL about Finnish fishermen and their health impacts after exposures to pollutants in fish.

Results

Observed numbers of deaths (Obs) and SMR with 95% CI for selected causes among the fishermen and their wives in the Fishermen study, during 1980–2005 (after exclusion of the first 3 years of the follow-up).

Cause	Fishermen (n=6410)			Fishermen’s wives (n=4260)
Cause of deatha	Obs	SMR	95% CI	Obs	SMR	95% CI
All causes	962	0.78	0.73–0.82	355	0.84	0.76–0.93
All diseasesb	840	0.75	0.70–0.79	335	0.84	0.76–0.93
Diseases of the circulatory system	412	0.75	0.68–0.82	140	0.81	0.68–0.94
Ischaemic heart diseases	269	0.73	0.65–0.81	62	0.65	0.50–0.83
Other heart diseases	41	1.08	0.77–1.46	13	0.88	0.47–1.51
Cerebrovascular diseases	67	0.67	0.52–0.85	46	0.95	0.70–1.27
Other diseases of the circulatory system	35	0.85	0.59–1.18	19	1.23	0.74–1.92
Neoplasms	267	0.90	0.79–1.00	120	0.99	0.82–1.17
Malignant neoplasms	263	0.90	0.80–1.01	115	0.97	0.80–1.15
Colon	8	0.52	0.23–1.03	10	1.30	0.62–2.39
Rectum and anus	8	0.82	0.35–1.60	8	2.13	0.92–4.19
Stomach	16	0.82	0.47–1.33	2	0.30	0.04–1.08
Prostate	36	0.99	0.69–1.36	–	–	–
Breast	–	–	–	18	0.80	0.47–1.25
Larynx, trachea and lung	72	0.80	0.63–1.01	8	0.70	0.30–1.38
Lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue	33	1.28	0.88–1.79	10	0.83	0.40–1.53
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases	8	0.60	0.26–1.18	6	0.87	0.32–1.89
Diabetes mellitus	5	0.43	0.14–0.99	5	0.83	0.27–1.94
Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease	19	0.54	0.33–0.85	27	1.14	0.75–1.66
Diseases of the respiratory system	58	0.58	0.44–0.75	8	0.32	0.14–0.62
Pneumonia	26	0.53	0.35–0.78	5	0.32	0.10–0.74
Bronchitis and emphysema	27	0.66	0.44–0.96	1	0.18	0.00–1.01
Alcohol-related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol	34	0.59	0.41–0.82	5	0.58	0.19–1.36
Accidents and violencec	110	0.95	0.78–1.13	18	0.74	0.44–1.16
Accidentsc	80	1.17	0.93–1.45	15	1.01	0.56–1.66
Traffic accidents	5	0.44	0.14–1.02	4	1.30	0.35–3.32
Water transport accidents	31	8.31	5.65–11.79	0	0.00	0.00–24.54
Accidental falls	9	0.37	0.17–0.70	10	1.51	0.73–2.78
Drowning	17	3.05	1.78–4.88	0	0.00	0.00–6.05
Accidental poisoningsd	2	0.30	0.04–1.08	1	0.58	0.01–3.22
Suicides	24	0.61	0.39–0.91	3	0.38	0.08–1.11
Assault	4	1.02	0.28–2.61	0	0.00	0.00–3.76
No death certificate	1	1.07	0.03–5.94	1	2.98	0.08–16.61

^aFor International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes, see http://statfin.stat.fi/statweb/.

^bIncluding accidental poisoning by alcohol.

^cExcluding accidental poisoning by alcohol.

^dExcluding poisonings by alcohol.

See also

• Dioxin exposure-response function on population level
• ERF of dioxin on cancer