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Mortality, cancer incidence, and disability among professional drivers in Slovenia Cover

Mortality, cancer incidence, and disability among professional drivers in Slovenia

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|Dec 2023

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Figure 1

Number of male professional drivers in Slovenia between 1997 and 2016 by age group
Number of male professional drivers in Slovenia between 1997 and 2016 by age group

Standardised cancer incidence ratio (SIR) among male professional drivers by cancer type (1997–2016)

Cancer typeExpected cancer incidenceObserved cancer incidenceSIR95 % CI
Lung cancer91.86510.56*0.41–0.73
Prostate cancer98.64730.74*0.58–0.93
Bladder cancer14.96130.870.46–1.49
Colorectal cancer34.65351.010.70–1.40

Standardised mortality ratio (SMR) among male professional drivers by length of employment and latency period (1997–2016)

TotalEmploymentWorking for at least one yearLatency
<10 yrs10–19 yrs≥20 yrs5 yrs10 yrs
Expected deaths664.79163.83150.08350.87644.75612.26552.57
Observed deaths3269549182307297265
SMR0.49*0.58*0.33*0.52*0.48*0.49*0.48*
95 % CI, lower limit0.440.470.240.450.420.430.42
95 % CI, upper limit0.550.710.430.600.530.540.54

Standardised proportional mortality ratio (SPMR) among male professional drivers by length of employment and latency period (1997–2016)

TotalEmploymentWorking for at least one yearLatency
<10 yrs10–19 yrs≥20 yrs5 yrs10 yrs
Expected deaths326.0095.0049.00182.00307.00297.00265.00
Observed deaths3269549182307297265
SPMR1.00*1.00*1.00*1.00*1.00*1.00*1.00*
95 % CI, lower limit0.890.890.740.860.890.890.88
95 % CI, upper limit1.121,221.321.161.111.121.13

Standardised cancer incidence ratio (SIR) among male professional drivers by length of employment and latency period (1997–2016)

TotalEmploymentWorking for at least one yearLatency
<10 yrs10–19 yrs≥20 yrs5 yrs10 yrs
Expected cancer incidence610.43143.59127.74339.09590.54570.36516.30
Observed cancer incidence3978184232389368346
SIR0.66*0.56*0.66*0.68*0.66*0.65*0.67*
95 % CI, lower limit0.590.450.520.600.590.580.60
95 % CI, upper limit0.720.700.810.780.730.710.74

Number deaths by the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10) among male professional drivers in Slovenia from 1997 to 2016

ICD-10N
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases1
Neoplasms125
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases3
Mental and behavioural disorders12
Diseases of the nervous system3
Diseases of the circulatory system76
Diseases of the respiratory system5
Diseases of the digestive system13
Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory
findings, not elsewhere classified20
Injury, poisoning and other consequences of external causes68
Total326

Standardised disability ratio (SDR) among professional drivers (men) by length of employment (1997–2016)

TotalEmploymentWorking for at least one year
<10 yrs10–19 yrs≥20 yrs
Expected disability262.6158.8676.55127.20261.74
Observed disability7822144275
SDR0.30*0.37*0.18*0.33*0.29*
95 % CI, lower limit0.230.230.100.240.23
95 % CI, upper limit0.370.570.310.450.36
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2023-74-3784 | Journal eISSN: 1848-6312 | Journal ISSN: 0004-1254
Language: English, Croatian, Slovenian
Page range: 246 - 251
Submitted on: Sep 1, 2023
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Accepted on: Nov 1, 2023
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Published on: Dec 29, 2023
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2023 Andrea Margan, Metoda Dodič Fikfak, published by Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
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