Mortality of welders from pneumococcal and unspecified lobar pneumonia, England and Wales, 1991–2010
| Cause of death | Deaths at age 16–64 years | Deaths at age 65–74 years | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observed | Expected | PMR | (95% CI) | Observed | Expected | PMR | (95% CI) | |
| 1991–2000 | ||||||||
| Pneumococcal and unspecified lobar pneumonia | 32 | 13.2 | 2.42 | (1.66 to 3.42) | 21 | 15.0 | 1.40 | (0.86 to 2.13) |
| 2001–2010 | ||||||||
| Pneumococcal and unspecified lobar pneumonia | 28 | 17.1 | 1.64 | (1.09 to 2.36) | 18 | 13.6 | 1.32 | (0.78 to 2.09) |
| Pneumococcal pneumonia | 7 | 1.96 | 3.58 | (1.44 to 7.37) | 0 | 0.82 | 0.00 | (0.00 to 4.51) |
| Unspecified lobar pneumonia | 21 | 15.2 | 1.38 | (0.86 to 2.12) | 18 | 12.8 | 1.40 | (0.83 to 2.22) |
PMR, proportional mortality ratio.