Incidence of cancer among Nordic police officers
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Incidence of cancer among Nordic police officers. / Heikkinen, Sanna; Demers, Paul A.; Hansen, Johnni; Jakobsen, Jarle; Kjaerheim, Kristina; Lynge, Elsebeth; Martinsen, Jan Ivar; Mehlum, Ingrid Sivesind; Pitkäniemi, Janne; Selander, Jenny; Torfadóttir, Jóhanna; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Pukkala, Eero.
In: International Journal of Cancer, Vol. 152, No. 6, 2023, p. 1124-1136.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Incidence of cancer among Nordic police officers
AU - Heikkinen, Sanna
AU - Demers, Paul A.
AU - Hansen, Johnni
AU - Jakobsen, Jarle
AU - Kjaerheim, Kristina
AU - Lynge, Elsebeth
AU - Martinsen, Jan Ivar
AU - Mehlum, Ingrid Sivesind
AU - Pitkäniemi, Janne
AU - Selander, Jenny
AU - Torfadóttir, Jóhanna
AU - Weiderpass, Elisabete
AU - Pukkala, Eero
N1 - Funding Information: We thank the Nordic Cancer Union for funding of the Nordic Occupational Cancer Study (NOCCA) project. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 UICC.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Police work may expose officers to various circumstances that have potential for increasing their risk of cancer, including traffic-related air pollution, night shift work and radiation from radars. In this study, we examined the incidence of cancer among Nordic male and female police officers. We utilize data from the Nordic Occupational Cancer (NOCCA) project, which linked census data on occupations from Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden to national cancer registries for the period 1961 to 2005. We report standardized incidence ratios (SIR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of selected cancers for each country by sex, age and calendar period. The cohort included 38 523 male and 1998 female police officers. As compared with the general population, male police officers had a 7% (95% CI: 4-9%) excess cancer risk, with elevated SIRs for various cancer sites, including prostate (SIR 1.19, 1.14-1.25), breast (SIR 1.77, 1.05-2.80), colon (SIR 1.22, 1.12-1.32) and skin melanoma (SIR 1.44, 1.28-1.60). Conversely, male police officers had a lower risk of lung cancer than the general population (SIR 0.72, 0.66-0.77). In female police officers, the SIR for cancer overall was 1.15 (0.98-1.34), and there was a slight excess of cancers of the breast (SIR 1.25, 0.97-1.59) and colon (SIR 1.21, 0.55-2.30). In conclusion, cancer incidence among the police officers was slightly higher than in the general population. Notably, SIRs were elevated for cancer sites potentially related to night shift work, namely colon, breast and prostate cancer.
AB - Police work may expose officers to various circumstances that have potential for increasing their risk of cancer, including traffic-related air pollution, night shift work and radiation from radars. In this study, we examined the incidence of cancer among Nordic male and female police officers. We utilize data from the Nordic Occupational Cancer (NOCCA) project, which linked census data on occupations from Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden to national cancer registries for the period 1961 to 2005. We report standardized incidence ratios (SIR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of selected cancers for each country by sex, age and calendar period. The cohort included 38 523 male and 1998 female police officers. As compared with the general population, male police officers had a 7% (95% CI: 4-9%) excess cancer risk, with elevated SIRs for various cancer sites, including prostate (SIR 1.19, 1.14-1.25), breast (SIR 1.77, 1.05-2.80), colon (SIR 1.22, 1.12-1.32) and skin melanoma (SIR 1.44, 1.28-1.60). Conversely, male police officers had a lower risk of lung cancer than the general population (SIR 0.72, 0.66-0.77). In female police officers, the SIR for cancer overall was 1.15 (0.98-1.34), and there was a slight excess of cancers of the breast (SIR 1.25, 0.97-1.59) and colon (SIR 1.21, 0.55-2.30). In conclusion, cancer incidence among the police officers was slightly higher than in the general population. Notably, SIRs were elevated for cancer sites potentially related to night shift work, namely colon, breast and prostate cancer.
KW - cancer risk
KW - exposure
KW - occupation
KW - police officers
U2 - 10.1002/ijc.34311
DO - 10.1002/ijc.34311
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36196485
AN - SCOPUS:85140240406
VL - 152
SP - 1124
EP - 1136
JO - Acta - Unio Internationalis Contra Cancrum
JF - Acta - Unio Internationalis Contra Cancrum
SN - 0898-6924
IS - 6
ER -
ID: 334005164