Table 1. Demographic and behavioural characteristics of Scottish Health Survey respondents, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2008.
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Respondents without a previous cancer
n
(%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents n (%) | Respondents with a previous cancer n (%) | Subsequent cancer | No subsequent cancer | |
|
Sex | ||||
| Men | 7200 (44.2) | 407 (44.1) | 598 (47.6) | 6195 (43.9) |
| Women | 9082 (55.8) | 515 (55.9) | 659 (52.4) | 7908 (56.1) |
| Median age (IQR) | 59 (52–67) | 67 (59–74)a | 62 (56–69) | 58 (51–66) |
|
SIMD | ||||
| 1 (most deprived) | 2863 (19.5) | 170 (18.4) | 284 (22.7) | 2409 (19.3) |
| 2 | 3125 (21.3) | 181 (19.6) | 271 (21.6) | 2673 (21.4) |
| 3 | 3136 (21.4) | 191(20.7) | 285 (22.8) | 2660 (21.3) |
| 4 | 3050 (20.8) | 209 (22.7) | 228 (18.2) | 2613 (20.9) |
| 5 (least deprived) | 2480 (16.9) | 171 (18.5) | 184 (14.7) | 2125 (17.0) |
|
Cancer | ||||
| All | 2179 (100) | 922 (100) | 1257 (100) | 14103 (0) |
| Lung | 251 (11.5) | 39 (4.2) | 212 (16.9) | |
| Breast | 355 (16.3) | 206 (22.3) | 149 (11.9) | |
| Prostate | 171 (7.8) | 71 (7.7) | 100 (8.0) | |
| Bowel | 235 (10.8) | 105 (11.4) | 130 (10.3) | |
|
Behaviour | ||||
| ⩾5-a-day | 2552 (15.7) | 193 (20.9)a | 117 (9.3) | 2242 (15.9) |
| ⩾2 h PA per week | 5315 (32.6) | 248 (26.9)a | 284 (22.6) | 4783 (33.9) |
| Current smoker | 4512 (27.7) | 197 (21.4) | 447 (35.6) | 3868 (27.4) |
| Former smoker | 5464 (33.6) | 400 (43.4)a | 421 (33.5) | 4643 (32.9) |
| Alcohol>recommended | 2980 (18.3) | 151 (16.4) | 238 (18.9) | 2591 (18.4) |
| Former drinker | 1079 (6.6) | 79 (8.6) | 74 (5.9) | 926 (6.6) |
| Obesity | 4020 (24.7) | 208 (22.6) | 304 (24.2) | 3508 (24.9) |
Numbers of participants, percent and median ages with inter-quartile ranges (IQR); N=16 282. Scottish Health Survey participants aged >45 years (unweighted analysis).
a
Differences with respondents without a prior cancer significant at the 0.05 level.