Table 2. Comparison of concordance of CR and self-reporting of breast, bowel or lung cancer between 1995 and 2007 in survivors vs deceased.

		CR for relevant cancer not available	CR
	No. of women	No. of women	No. of women	%	95% CI	P-value
Self-reported breast cancer
Breast cancer primary or contributory cause of deatha	333	4	329	98.8	96.9–99.7%	0.001
Survivors in cohort	4704	260	4444	94.5	93.8–95.1%
Self-reported bowel cancer
Bowel cancer primary or contributing cause of deathb,c	37	2	35	94.6	81.8–99.3%	0.106
Survivors in cohort	545	80	465	85.3	82.1–88.2%
Self-reported lung cancer
Lung cancer primary or contributing cause of death	21	2	19	90.5	69.6–98.2%	0.681
Survivors in cohort	62	8	54	87.1	76.1–94.3%

Abbreviations: CR=cancer registration, includes in situ carcinomas of the breast and bowel; CI=confidence interval.

^aExcluded 173 women who died from causes unrelated to breast cancer.

^bExcluded 26 women who died from causes unrelated to bowel cancer.

^cIncludes C17 and C21.