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. 2006 Dec 15;4(4):186–192. doi: 10.1186/1897-4287-4-4-186

Table 1.

Number of individuals in the offspring generations in FCD2004 according to country of birth

Number of offspring in FCD2004
Total no. of offspring Offspring with cancer Offspring linked to parent Offspring with cancer not linked to parent

n n [%] n [%] n [%]

All offspring 8 965 636 304 083 3.4 7 783 176 86.8 59 569 0.7

Living offspring 8 633 969 195 631 2.3 7 552 456 87.5 28 766 0.3

Deceased offspring 331 667 108 452 32.7 230 720 69.6 30 803 9.3

Number of offspring in FCD2002

Total no. of offspring Offspring with cancer Offspring linked to parent Offspring with cancer not linked to parent

n n [%] n [%] n [%]

All 7 400 436 224 225 3.0 7 240 222 97.8 26 254 0.4

Living offspring 7 110 978 144 602 2.0 7 010 092 98.6 8 936 0.1

Deceased offspring 289 458 79 623 27.5 230 130 79.5 17 318 6.0

Number of Swedish-born offspring in FCD2004

Total no. of offspring Offspring with cancer Offspring linked to parent Offspring with cancer not linked to parent

n n [%] n [%] n [%]

All offspring 7 537 563 268 007 3.6 7 376 394 97.9 29 280 0.4

Living offspring 7 249 706 173 097 2.4 7 152 845 98.7 10 207 0.1

Deceased offspring 287 857 94 910 33.0 223 549 77.7 19 073 6.6

Number of foreign-born offspring in FCD2004

Total no. of offspring Offspring with cancer Offspring linked to parent Offspring with cancer not linked to Parent

n n [%] n [%] n [%]

All offspring 1 402 042 35 995 2.6 400 544 28.6 30 217 2.2

Living offspring 1 358 869 22 513 1.7 393 432 29.0 18 543 1.4

Deceased offspring 43 173 13 482 31.2 7 112 16.5 11 674 27.0

Number of offspring with unknown birth country in FCD2004

Total no. of offspring Offspring with cancer Offspring linked to parent Offspring with cancer not linked to Parent

n n [%] n [%] n [%]

All offspring 26 031 81 0.3 6 238 24.0 72 0.3

Living offspring 25 394 21 0.1 6 179 24.3 16 0.1

Deceased offspring 637 60 9.4 59 9.3 56 8.8