Table 2

SIR for cancer in widowers and divorced men

Cancer site	Widowers							Divorced
Cancer site		O	SIR	95% CI			O	SIR	95% CI
Upper aerodigestive tract	80	1.27^a	1.01^a	1.59^a	287	1.69^a	1.50^a	1.90^a
Salivary glands	7	1.45	0.57	3.00	12	1.05	0.54	1.83
Esophagus	39	1.70^a	1.21^a	2.33^a	148	2.49^a	2.11^a	2.93^a
Stomach	191	1.12	0.97	1.30	286	1.01	0.89	1.13
Small intestine	10	1.11	0.53	2.05	21	0.87	0.54	1.33
Colon	190	1.13	0.97	1.30	297	0.81^a	0.72^a	0.91^a
Rectum	104	0.94	0.77	1.14	246	0.98	0.86	1.11
Anus	2	0.90	0.08	3.31	13	2.13^a	1.13^a	3.66^a
Liver	85	1.17	0.93	1.44	189	1.27^a	1.10^a	1.46^a
Pancreas	92	1.14	0.92	1.40	195	1.20^a	1.03^a	1.38^a
Lung	242	1.15^a	1.01^a	1.31^a	815	1.35^a	1.26^a	1.44^a
Prostate	709	1.01	0.93	1.08	1067	0.78^a	0.74^a	0.83^a
Other male genitals	9	1.32	0.60	2.51	19	1.28	0.77	2.00
Kidney	67	0.93	0.72	1.19	154	0.82^a	0.69^a	0.96^a
Urinary bladder	130	0.86	0.72	1.02	327	0.85^a	0.76^a	0.95^a
Melanoma	22	0.72	0.45	1.09	60	0.49^a	0.37^a	0.63^a
Skin	107	0.99	0.81	1.20	122	0.60^a	0.49^a	0.71^a
Nervous system	37	1.13	0.80	1.56	79	0.67^a	0.53^a	0.83^a
Thyroid gland	6	0.81	0.29	1.78	17	0.86	0.50	1.38
Endocrine glands	18	1.46	0.86	2.31	29	0.59^a	0.39^a	0.84^a
Connective tissue	10	0.81	0.39	1.50	21	0.67	0.41	1.02
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma	43	0.74	0.54	1.00	103	0.68^a	0.56^a	0.83^a
Hodgkin’s disease	10	0.97	0.46	1.78	23	1.09	0.69	1.63
Myeloma	47	1.19	0.88	1.59	54	0.65^a	0.49^a	0.85^a
Leukemia	66	0.98	0.76	1.25	121	0.81^a	0.67^a	0.97^a
All	2323	1.04^a	1.00^a	1.09^a	4705	0.94^a	0.92^a	0.97^a

^a 95% CI does not include 1.00.