Environment and Health in Contaminated Sites: The Case of Taranto, Italy

Table 6

Association between district and cause-specific mortality (HR, 90% CI) (females, 1998–2008). Hazard Ratio (HR) from the Cox model stratified by calendar period and adjusted for age (underlying time) and socioeconomic position.

Cause of death (ICD-9-CM)	Reference districts	Tamburi				Borgo				Paolo VI				Statte
	𝑛 = 112,897	𝑛 = 14,625				𝑛 = 18,528				𝑛 = 9,714				𝑛 = 8,271
	𝑛	𝑛	HR	90% CI		𝑛	HR	90% CI		𝑛	HR	90% CI		𝑛	HR	90% CI
All causes (001–999)*	9.015	1.479	1,09	1,04	1,15	2.482	1,01	0,97	1,05	489	1,28	1,18	1,38	547	1,06	0,98	1,14
Malignant cancers (140–208)	1.900	230	0,84	0,75	0,95	434	0,95	0,87	1,04	126	1,23	1,06	1,44	102	0,92	0,78	1,08
Stomach (151)	96	20	1,52	0,99	2,34	24	1,01	0,69	1,48	7	1,47	0,76	2,83	7	1,31	0,69	2,51
Colorectal (153-154)	226	23	0,62	0,43	0,90	45	0,78	0,59	1,02	16	1,35	0,87	2,08	7	0,54	0,29	1,02
Trachea, bronchus and lung (162)	144	15	0,76	0,48	1,20	34	1,06	0,77	1,46	13	1,71	1,05	2,79	6	0,68	0,34	1,34
Pleura (163)	20	2	0,66	0,19	2,31	6	1,16	0,53	2,52	3	2,95	1,03	8,46	0
Breast (174)	349	41	0,92	0,69	1,22	89	1,18	0,96	1,44	28	1,29	0,93	1,79	22	1,04	0,72	1,49
Bladder (188)	33	7	1,23	0,61	2,50	12	1,13	0,64	1,97	2	1,29	0,39	4,34	1	0,58	0,11	3,06
Kidney (189)	17	0				3	0,87	0,30	2,49	0	0,00	0,00	0,00	1	1,06	0,19	5,79
Brain and other parts of CNS (191-192; 225)	90	6	0,48	0,24	0,97	17	0,85	0,55	1,33	4	0,67	0,29	1,57	7	1,30	0,68	2,48
Lymphatic and hematopoietic tissue (200–208)	202	22	0,74	0,50	1,08	33	0,65	0,47	0,88	11	0,98	0,59	1,65	11	0,99	0,60	1,66
Neurological diseases (330–349)	216	35	1,08	0,79	1,47	50	0,83	0,64	1,08	13	1,68	1,04	2,71	11	0,87	0,52	1,45
Cardiovascular diseases (390–459)	2.945	529	1,15	1,06	1,24	876	0,93	0,88	1,00	125	1,18	1,01	1,37	166	0,98	0,86	1,12
Cardiac diseases (390–429)	1.910	371	1,24	1,12	1,37	623	1,04	0,96	1,12	84	1,22	1,01	1,47	90	0,81	0,68	0,97
Ischemic heart diseases (410–414)	565	124	1,46	1,23	1,73	171	1,02	0,88	1,18	24	1,15	0,81	1,63	27	0,86	0,62	1,19
Cerebrovascular diseases (430–438)	820	122	0,93	0,79	1,10	207	0,77	0,68	0,88	35	1,19	0,90	1,59	62	1,38	1,11	1,71
Respiratory diseases (460–519)	476	82	1,09	0,89	1,34	169	1,09	0,94	1,26	22	1,26	0,88	1,82	34	1,28	0,95	1,71
COPD (490–492, 494, 496)	220	49	1,39	1,06	1,83	70	0,97	0,77	1,21	16	2,14	1,38	3,29	14	1,16	0,74	1,83
Diseases of the digestive system (520–579)	484	77	0,95	0,77	1,16	119	0,88	0,74	1,04	29	1,43	1,04	1,97	30	1,13	0,83	1,54
Renal diseases (580–599)	166	38	1,57	1,15	2,14	49	1,01	0,77	1,33	10	1,68	0,98	2,90	11	1,12	0,67	1,87

∗Referring to the period 1998–2010.