Table 5.

Probability of developing cancer within selected age intervals, by sex and selected sites, Germany.

	Age-conditional morbidity risk
Site (ICD-10)	Birth to 49	50 to 69	70 and older	Lifetime morbidity risk
	Male
Colorectal (C18-C21)	0.3%	3.3%	6.5%	8.0%
Lung (C33, C34)	0.3%	3.1%	5.1%	6.9%
Prostate (C61)	0.1%	5.5%	10.2%	12.4%
All cancer sites (C00-C97 except C44)	3.3%(1 in 31)	20.4%(1 in 5)	42.9% (1 in 2)	48.5%(1 in 2)
	Female
Colorectal (C18-C21)	0.3%	2.1%	5.9%	7.3%
Lung (C33, C34)	0.2%	1.1%	1.4%	2.5%
Breast (C50)	2.0%	5.3%	4.5%	10.7%
All cancer sites (C00-C97 except C44)	4.8%(1 in 21)	15.5%(1 in 6)	28.5% (1 in 4)	40.3%(1 in 2)