Absolute site-specific cancer mortality rates (and 95% CI) (2001–2011) among the Belgian employed population, by occupational group in 1991
| Men | Managers and professionals | Intermediate white-collar | Service and sales workers | Agricultural and fishery workers | Skilled manual workers | Unskilled manual workers |
| All cancers | 163.3 (159.8 to 166.9) | 190.0 (185.9 to 194.1) | 232.3 (221.6 to 242.9) | 177.6 (166.5 to 188.7) | 228.4 (224.0 to 232.8) | 246.3 (238.1 to 254.4) |
| Preventable cancers | ||||||
| Head and neck | 8.2 (7.4 to 9.0) | 10.1 (9.2 to 11.0) | 14.7 (12.1 to 17.3) | 9.8 (6.9 to 12.8) | 12.4 (11.4 to 13.3) | 17.0 (14.9 to 19.1) |
| Oesophagus | 7.6 (6.9 to 8.4) | 8.5 (7.6 to 9.3) | 9.3 (7.2 to 11.4) | 6.4 (4.2 to 8.7) | 9.4 (8.5 to 10.3) | 10.2 (8.5 to 11.8) |
| Stomach | 5.2 (4.6 to 5.8) | 6.2 (5.4 to 6.9) | 5.4 (3.8 to 7.1) | 6.1 (4.1 to 8.1) | 7.9 (7.1 to 8.7) | 8.3 (6.8 to 9.9) |
| Colorectal | 17.5 (16.4 to 18.6) | 19.0 (17.7 to 20.3) | 21.2 (17.9 to 24.4) | 13.6 (10.6 to 16.5) | 20.5 (19.1 to 21.8) | 20.3 (17.9 to 22.7) |
| Liver | 6.3 (5.6 to 7.0) | 6.0 (5.2 to 6.7) | 6.7 (4.9 to 8.5) | 2.0 (0.8 to 3.2) | 5.5 (4.8 to 6.2) | 7.0 (5.7 to 8.4) |
| Lung | 48.0 (46.1 to 49.9) | 62.8 (60.5 to 65.2) | 84.8 (78.4 to 91.3) | 65.1 (58.4 to 71.9) | 91.1 (88.3 to 93.8) | 97.1 (91.9 to 102.2) |
| Prostate | 9.6 (8.8 to 10.4) | 10.2 (9.2 to 11.2) | 11.5 (9.0 to 13.9) | 9.5 (7.3 to 11.7) | 10.6 (9.6 to 11.7) | 11.4 (9.5 to 13.2) |
| Bladder | 4.7 (4.1 to 5.3) | 5.8 (5.1 to 6.6) | 7.0 (5.1 to 8.9) | 4.0 (2.4 to 5.5) | 6.0 (5.3 to 6.7) | 8.2 (6.6 to 9.7) |
| Malignant melanoma | 2.9 (2.4 to 3.4) | 2.7 (2.2 to 3.2) | 3.8 (2.4 to 5.1) | 3.0 (1.4 to 4.6) | 2.4 (2.0 to 2.8) | 2.2 (1.4 to 2.9) |
| Non-preventable cancers | ||||||
| Pancreas | 10.7 (9.8 to 11.6) | 10.2 (9.2 to 11.2) | 11.6 (9.2 to 14.0) | 10.3 (7.5 to 13.0) | 10.1 (9.1 to 11.0) | 11.0 (9.3 to 12.8) |
| Kidney | 5.5 (4.9 to 6.2) | 6.2 (5.5 to 7.0) | 6.0 (4.3 to 7.7) | 5.4 (3.6 to 7.3) | 6.0 (5.3 to 6.7) | 5.4 (4.2 to 6.6) |
| Eye, nervous system | 6.5 (5.8 to 7.3) | 6.8 (6.0 to 7.5) | 6.9 (5.1 to 8.7) | 5.3 (3.3 to 7.3) | 6.2 (5.5 to 6.9) | 6.0 (4.7 to 7.2) |
| Non-Hodgkin | 4.6 (4.0 to 5.1) | 4.5 (3.9 to 5.1) | 5.3 (3.7 to 6.9) | 6.7 (4.4 to 9.0) | 4.8 (4.2 to 5.5) | 3.5 (2.5 to 4.5) |
| Multiple myeloma | 2.5 (2.1 to 3.0) | 3.0 (2.5 to 3.5) | 2.5 (1.3 to 3.6) | 3.4 (1.9 to 4.9) | 2.6 (2.1 to 3.0) | 3.1 (2.2 to 4.0) |
| Leukaemia | 4.9 (4.3 to 5.5) | 5.2 (4.5 to 5.9) | 6.7 (4.9 to 8.5) | 6.0 (4.1 to 7.9) | 5.5 (4.8 to 6.2) | 5.7 (4.5 to 7.0) |