Table 2. Description of sample populations.
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Australia |
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UK |
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| Age group (years) | New South Wales | Victoria | Canadaa | Denmark | Norway | Swedenb | England | Northern Ireland | Wales |
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Women | |||||||||
| 50–69 | 795 (39.7) | 796 (39.8) | 988 (47.9) | 804 (40.2) | 716 (35.6) | 801 (39.3) | 949 (40.2) | 1092 (47.3) | 952 (41.4) |
| ⩾70 | 457 (22.8) | 472 (23.6) | 342 (16.6) | 261 (13.1) | 216 (10.8) | 310 (15.2) | 517 (21.9) | 378 (16.4) | 431 (18.8) |
| Total |
1252 (62.6) |
1268 (63.4) |
1330 (64.5) |
1065 (53.3) |
932 (46.4) |
1111 (54.5) |
1466 (62.1) |
1470 (63.7) |
1383 (60.2) |
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Men | |||||||||
| 50–69 | 497 (24.8) | 473 (23.6) | 563 (27.3) | 706 (35.3) | 775 (38.6) | 668 (32.8) | 618 (26.2) | 613 (26.6) | 658 (28.6) |
| ⩾70 | 247 (12.3) | 254 (12.7) | 171 (8.3) | 229 (11.5) | 302 (15.0) | 260 (12.8) | 267 (11.3) | 219 (9.5) | 255 (11.1) |
| Total |
744 (37.2) |
727 (36.3) |
734 (35.6) |
935 (46.8) |
1077 (53.6) |
928 (45.6) |
885 (37.5) |
832 (36.1) |
913 (39.7) |
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All | |||||||||
| 50–69 | 1292 (64.6) | 1269 (63.4) | 1551 (75.2) | 1510 (75.5) | 1491 (74.2) | 1469 (72.1) | 1567 (66.4) | 1705 (73.9) | 1610 (70.0) |
| ⩾70 | 704 (35.2) | 726 (36.3) | 513 (24.9) | 490 (24.6) | 518 (25.8) | 570 (28.0) | 784 (33.2) | 597 (25.9) | 686 (29.9) |
| Missing age | 5 (0.2) | 6 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (0.4) | 5 (0.2) | 2 (0.1) |
| Total |
2001 (100) |
2001 (100) |
2064 (100) |
2000 (100) |
2009 (100) |
2039 (100) |
2360 (100) |
2307 (100) |
2298 (100) |
| Speaks official language at homec |
1780/1996 (89.2) |
1711/1995 (85.8) |
1990/2058 (96.7) |
1985/2000 (99.3) |
1970/2009 (98.1) |
1969/2038 (96.6) |
2315/2350 (98.5) |
2287/2300 (99.4) |
2288/ 2293 (99.8) |
| Educated to university degree level |
623/1980 (31.5) |
678/1980 (34.2) |
706/2051 (34.4) |
582/1994 (29.2) |
927/1999 (46.4) |
729/2037 (35.8) |
556/2317 (24.0) |
505/2267 (22.3) |
506/2278 (22.2) |
| Married or living with partner |
1096/1984 (55.2) |
1102/1988 (55.4) |
1201/2054 (58.5) |
1514/1998 (75.8) |
1453/2006 (72.4) |
1432/2037 (70.3) |
1215/2339 (51.9) |
1286/2291 (56.1) |
1281/2287 (56.0) |
| Experience of cancer (self, family or friend) |
1655/1992 (83.1) |
1644/1994 (82.4) |
1758/2061 (85.3) |
1705/2000 (85.3) |
1696/2008 (84.5) |
1664/2037 (81.7) |
1876/2347 (79.9) |
1801/2296 (78.4) |
1890/2291 (82.5) |
| Self-rated health status (good/very good) | 1496/1994 (75.0) | 1553/1989 (78.1) | 1624/2063 (78.7) | 1499/1993 (75.2) | 1568/2001 (78.4) | 1442/2034 (70.9) | 1695/2345 (72.3) | 1624/2296 (70.7) | 1541/2288 (67.4) |
Values are n (%).
a
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario.
b
Uppsala-Örebro, Stockholm-Gotland.
c
Official languages: Australia: English (de facto official language); Canada: English, French; Denmark: Danish; Norway: Norwegian; Sweden: Swedish; UK: English, Welsh, Ulster Scots, Irish.