Table 2

SIR and trend for cancer in male educational groups^a

Cancer site	Less than 9 years							University educated				PAF (%)
Cancer site		Observed	SIR	95%	CI	Observed	SIR	95%	CI	χ²	P	PAF (%)
Upper aerodigestive tract	4,546	1.00	0.97	1.03	334	0.60	0.54	0.67	752.41	0.00	28.1
Salivary gland	285	1.00	0.89	1.12	35	1.07	0.74	1.49	13.89	0.00	14.5
Esophagus	1,465	1.00	0.95	1.05	96	0.53	0.43	0.65	239.27	0.00	31.1
Stomach	6,227	1.00	0.98	1.03	310	0.50	0.45	0.56	1,012.93	0.00	51.2
Small intestine	625	1.00	0.92	1.08	77	1.11	0.88	1.39	4.01	0.05	0.2
Colon	8,337	1.00	0.98	1.02	966	1.11	1.04	1.18	20.59	0.00	3.9
Rectum	6,122	1.00	0.98	1.03	536	0.83	0.76	0.91	70.56	0.00	6.3
Anus	141	1.00	0.84	1.18	14	0.79	0.43	1.33	13.96	0.00	22.5
Liver	3,198	1.00	0.97	1.04	234	0.68	0.59	0.77	158.34	0.00	2.7
Pancreas	3,716	1.00	0.97	1.03	325	0.83	0.74	0.92	98.58	0.00	23.9
Lung	14,207	1.00	0.98	1.02	794	0.47	0.44	0.50	2,670.32	0.00	37.7
Breast	168	1.00	0.85	1.16	30	1.49	1.01	2.14	18.93	0.00	2.6
Prostate	29,152	1.00	0.99	1.01	3,256	1.14	1.10	1.18	266.96	0.00	3.3
Testis	649	1.00	0.92	1.08	124	1.44	1.20	1.72	349.72	0.00	38.6
Other male genitals	444	1.00	0.91	1.10	37	0.74	0.52	1.02	12.72	0.00	31.4
Kidney	4,871	1.00	0.97	1.03	416	0.79	0.71	0.87	36.69	0.00	17.9
Urinary bladder	8,999	1.00	0.98	1.02	845	0.85	0.79	0.91	12.65	0.00	0.1
Melanoma	3,713	1.00	0.97	1.03	886	1.89	1.76	2.02	2,047.73	0.00	15.4
Skin (squamous cell)	4,010	1.00	0.97	1.03	623	1.47	1.35	1.59	396.67	0.00	3.1
Eye	409	1.00	0.91	1.10	41	0.92	0.66	1.25	20.44	0.00	18.3
Nervous system	3,738	1.00	0.97	1.03	493	1.12	1.03	1.23	28.48	0.00	15.5
Thyroid gland	624	1.00	0.92	1.08	75	1.15	0.91	1.44	26.04	0.00	9.5
Endocrine gland	1,574	1.00	0.95	1.05	212	1.12	0.97	1.28	1.78	0.18	0.9
Bone	231	1.00	0.88	1.14	18	0.65	0.38	1.02	2.96	0.09	55.7
Connective tissue	853	1.00	0.93	1.07	102	1.08	0.88	1.31	6.24	0.01	2.0
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma	4,370	1.00	0.97	1.03	499	1.00	0.92	1.09	7.89	0.00	3.1
Hodgkin’s disease	691	1.00	0.93	1.08	75	0.96	0.76	1.20	35.85	0.00	28.4
Myeloma	2,019	1.00	0.96	1.04	182	0.89	0.76	1.03	2.10	0.15	15.3
Leukemia	3,757	1.00	0.97	1.03	393	0.96	0.87	1.06	18.92	0.00	9.6
All	119,141	1.00	0.99	1.01	12,028	0.93	0.92	0.95	329.41	0.00	13.8^b

^a Bold type: 95% CI does not include 1.00, P < 0.05.
^b Weighted PAF of all sites.