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

Table 5

Association between district and cause-specific mortality (HR, 90% CI) (males, 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 = 107,909	𝑛 = 14,067				𝑛 = 16,312				𝑛 = 10,097				𝑛 = 8,283
	𝑛	𝑛	HR	90% CI		𝑛	HR	90% CI		𝑛	HR	90% CI		𝑛	HR	90% CI
All causes (001–999)*	9.378	1.470	1,12	1,07	1,18	1.973	1,07	1,03	1,12	684	1,27	1,19	1,36	654	1,08	1,01	1,15
Malignant cancers (140–208)	2.650	400	1,11	1,01	1,21	505	1,00	0,93	1,09	223	1,42	1,26	1,59	178	1,05	0,93	1,20
Stomach (151)	126	22	1,24	0,83	1,84	28	1,20	0,85	1,71	12	1,62	0,97	2,69	7	0,85	0,45	1,61
Colorectal (153-154)	220	19	0,62	0,41	0,92	48	1,13	0,87	1,48	12	1,07	0,65	1,75	11	0,79	0,48	1,32
Trachea, bronchus, and lung (162)	829	127	1,09	0,93	1,28	150	0,97	0,84	1,13	94	1,76	1,46	2,11	61	1,12	0,90	1,39
Pleura (163)	80	12	1,09	0,64	1,85	16	1,08	0,68	1,71	6	1,19	0,59	2,42	2	0,39	0,12	1,27
Prostate (185)	244	45	1,42	1,07	1,89	53	0,98	0,76	1,26	8	0,84	0,46	1,52	12	0,85	0,52	1,39
Bladder (188)	189	34	1,20	0,87	1,66	29	0,73	0,53	1,02	13	1,45	0,90	2,35	13	1,17	0,73	1,87
Kidney (189)	21	5	2,23	0,93	5,33	5	1,30	0,56	2,98	2	1,85	0,53	6,39	5	3,69	1,62	8,45
Brain and other parts of CNS (191-192; 225)	83	15	1,37	0,85	2,23	18	1,23	0,80	1,90	10	1,64	0,93	2,88	6	1,07	0,53	2,14
Lymphatic and hematopoietic tissue (200–208)	212	27	1,05	0,74	1,49	41	1,07	0,81	1,43	14	1,01	0,64	1,60	9	0,69	0,39	1,20
Neurological diseases (330–349)	190	28	1,09	0,77	1,54	30	0,76	0,54	1,05	7	0,72	0,38	1,36	15	1,32	0,85	2,06
Cardiovascular diseases (390–459)	2.442	378	1,10	1,00	1,21	551	1,02	0,94	1,10	147	1,28	1,11	1,47	137	0,93	0,81	1,08
Cardiac diseases (390–429)	1.688	260	1,09	0,98	1,23	387	1,03	0,94	1,13	106	1,27	1,08	1,51	84	0,82	0,68	0,99
Ischemic heart diseases (410–414)	733	116	1,20	1,01	1,42	152	1,04	0,89	1,20	56	1,37	1,09	1,73	30	0,66	0,49	0,90
Cerebrovascular diseases (430–438)	551	86	1,06	0,87	1,29	109	0,87	0,73	1,04	25	1,07	0,76	1,50	43	1,34	1,04	1,75
Respiratory diseases (460–519)	697	122	1,08	0,91	1,27	177	1,05	0,91	1,20	48	1,64	1,28	2,11	59	1,46	1,17	1,82
COPD (490–492, 494, 496)	469	93	1,17	0,96	1,41	110	0,94	0,79	1,12	32	1,70	1,25	2,32	39	1,44	1,10	1,90
Diseases of the digestive system (520–579)	527	81	1,06	0,86	1,30	111	1,07	0,90	1,27	47	1,47	1,14	1,90	27	0,79	0,57	1,09
Renal diseases (580–599)	146	27	1,36	0,94	1,95	37	1,13	0,83	1,54	3	0,50	0,19	1,30	9	1,00	0,57	1,76

∗Referring to the period 1998–2010.