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. 2010 May 20;37(3):155–159. doi: 10.1159/000313993

Table 2.

Incidence of selected diagnoses in Germany 2007, 2030 und 2050a

Diagnosis Absolute numbers (rounded)
Relative numbers (per 100,000)
2007b 2030 2050 2007 2030 2050
Femoral neck fracture [19]c 117,000 166,000 (+42%) 221,000 (+88%) 143 215 (+51%) 321 (+125%)
Myocardial infarction [20]c 313,000 444,000 (+42%) 548,000 (+75%) 381 575 (+51%) 797 (+109%)
Stroke [21]c 186,000 255,000 (+37%) 301,000 (+62%) 226 330 (+46%) 438 (+94%)
Implantation of pacemaker [22]c 100,000 141,000 (+41%) 168,000 (+68%) 122 183 (+50%) 244 (+100%)
Cancer (all sites excluding non melanoma skin cancer) [23]c 461,000 580,000 (+26%) 588,000 (+27%) 562 752 (+34%) 856 (+52%)
Breast cancer [23]c 59,000 64,000 (+9%) 59,000 (+1%) 140 163 (+16%) 169 (+20%)
Prostate cancer [23]c 63,000 88,000 (+39%) 88,000 (+39%) 157 231 (+47%) 260 (+66%)
Colorectal cancer [23]# 78,000 102,000 (+31%) 109,000 (+40%) 95 133 (+40%) 158 (+67%)
Lung cancer [23]c 49,000 63,000 (+28%) 62,000 (+26%) 60 82 (+36%) 90 (+51%)
Hodgkin lymphoma [23] 2,000 1,700 (−13%) 1,500 (−23%) 2 2 (−7%) 2 (−8%)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma [23] 14,000 16,000 (+21%) 16,000 (+21%) 16 21 (+28%) 24 (+45%)
Leukemia [23] 10,000 12,000 (+21%) 12,000 (+29%) 12 15 (+29%) 18 (+55%)
Dialysis [17]c 19,000 22,800 (+ 20%) 23,200 (+ 22%) 23 30 (+ 28%) 34 (+ 46%)
Dementia [18]c 290,000 440,000 (+53%) 610,000 (+113%) 349 568 (+63%) 889 (+155%)
a

Total numbers, crude rates per 100,000 inhabitants and percentage change compared to 2007 (in parentheses).

b

Prevalence is projected to the German population in 2007.

c

Literature referred to the prevalence rate that is used for the projection.