Table 3

SIR for cancer in widows and divorcees

Cancer site	Widows							Divorcees
Cancer site		O	SIR	95% CI			O	SIR	95% CI
Upper aerodigestive tract	97	1.23^a	1.00^a	1.50^a	108	1.57^a	1.29^a	1.89^a
Salivary glands	20	0.97	0.59	1.50	13	0.87	0.46	1.49
Esophagus	53	1.14	0.85	1.49	30	0.94	0.64	1.35
Stomach	357	1.02	0.92	1.13	212	0.98	0.85	1.12
Small intestine	42	1.14	0.82	1.55	25	0.83	0.53	1.22
Colon	683	0.97	0.90	1.05	444	0.80^a	0.73^a	0.88^a
Rectum	298	0.94	0.83	1.05	186	0.74^a	0.63^a	0.85^a
Anus	24	1.22	0.78	1.82	26	1.38	0.90	2.03
Liver	385	1.06	0.96	1.18	237	1.00	0.88	1.14
Pancreas	304	1.12^a	1.00^a	1.26^a	223	1.14^a	1.00^a	1.30^a
Lung	266	0.96	0.85	1.09	454	1.45^a	1.32^a	1.59^a
Breast	1373	0.94	0.89	1.00	1205	0.78^a	0.74^a	0.82^a
Cervix	214	1.67^a	1.45^a	1.91^a	444	2.64^a	2.40^a	2.90^a
Endometrium	279	0.91	0.80	1.02	288	0.74^a	0.66^a	0.83^a
Ovary	315	0.97	0.87	1.09	298	0.84^a	0.75^a	0.94^a
Other female genitals	79	1.06	0.84	1.32	66	1.21	0.94	1.54
Kidney	229	0.99	0.86	1.13	157	0.82^a	0.70^a	0.96^a
Urinary bladder	196	1.05	0.90	1.20	186	1.12	0.96	1.29
Melanoma	104	0.77^a	0.63^a	0.94^a	103	0.63^a	0.51^a	0.76^a
Skin	234	0.80^a	0.70^a	0.91^a	131	0.67^a	0.56^a	0.80^a
Nervous system	154	0.91	0.77	1.07	148	0.77^a	0.65^a	0.90^a
Thyroid gland	67	1.11	0.86	1.41	54	0.91	0.68	1.19
Endocrine glands	140	0.88	0.74	1.04	140	0.78^a	0.66^a	0.92^a
Connective tissue	45	1.05	0.77	1.41	31	0.74	0.50	1.05
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma	163	0.81^a	0.69^a	0.95^a	136	0.75^a	0.63^a	0.89^a
Hodgkin’s disease	26	0.84	0.55	1.23	18	0.92	0.55	1.46
Myeloma	135	1.10	0.92	1.30	74	0.79	0.62	1.00
Leukemia	194	1.03	0.89	1.18	139	0.86	0.72	1.02
All	6476	0.98	0.96	1.01	5576	0.92^a	0.89^a	0.94^a

^a 95% CI does not include 1.00.