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. 2004 Jul 13;91(5):907–912. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602038

Table A1. Family/household type (%) of people with no cancer diagnosis in the previous 10 years in 1981 and 1991.

  Census point and age group
  1981 (%)
1991 (%)
  50–59 60–69 70–79 80+ 50–59 60–69 70–79 80+
Men
 Solitary 6.9 10.5 17.6 27.8 9 13.3 19 30.1
 Couple 31.5 56.8 59.9 40.5 35.9 58.1 62 46.1
 Couple+others 48.8 22 9.4 5.3 44.2 19.5 9 4.4
 Lone parent 2.5 1.7 2 3.9 2.1 1.6 1.7 2.4
 Complex 7.4 7.3 8.7 15 6.1 5.8 5.7 7.5
 Communal est.a 1.2 1.1 2.5 7.6 0.6 0.9 2.4 9.2
Allb (=100%) 29 670 24 087 14 070 3623 28 442 24 465 14 961 5128
                 
Women
 Solitary 9.2 24.6 44 47.2 11.1 24.6 45.1 51.9
 Couple 37.3 47.6 31.1 9.9 42 51.1 34.9 12.1
 Couple+others 38 12.3 3.6 1.4 33 11.4 3.6 1
 Lone parent 6.7 5.1 5.4 7.2 6.6 4.9 4.7 5.2
 Complex 6.7 9.1 12.9 20.9 5.8 6.6 8.1 11.5
 Communal est.a 0.5 0.9 2.9 13.3 0.4 0.8 3.2 18.1
Allb (=100%) 30 425 28 131 21 463 9564 27 705 27 086 21 778 12 577
a

Some results rounded in order to comply with confidentiality requirements.

b

Including small numbers in categories not shown such as adult children living with parents