title: Mortality among rubber workers. II. Other employees.
abstract: Mortality among female, black male and white male salaried employees in Akron, Ohio, is described. Standard mortality ratios for all causes of death are: females, 78: black males, 62: white salaried males, 65. Excess deaths from cancer occurred in females: uterus, bladder, brain and multiple myeloma; in black males: Hodgkin's disease; and in white salaried males: bladder and lymphatic. Also, proportional mortality among white male employees of six non-Akron plants is reported. Excess deaths from cancer include brain and lymphatic and hematopoietic.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000401:mortality; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000401:mortality; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D009820:Ohio; D012408:Rubber; D013997:Time Factors; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D012408:Rubber