Table 1. Basic characteristics of 5 560 628 people living in Denmark on 1 January 2011.

	Cancer survivors			Non-cancer population
	Total, n=227 704	Men, n=94 481	Women, n=133 223	Total, n=5 332 924	Men, n=2 662 101	Women, n=2 670 823	Proportion cancer survivorse
	%a	%a	%a	%a	%a	%a	%
Age on 1 January 2011 (years)
0–29	2	3	1	37	38	37	<1
30–59	26	24	27	42	52	41	3
60–89	69	72	67	21	20	22	13
⩾90	3	2	4	1	<1	1	18
Charlson Comorbidity Index
0	60	56	63	85	84	85	3
1	19	20	18	11	11	10	7
⩾2	21	25	19	5	5	4	17
Schizophrenia or psychosis
Ever diagnosed	1	1	1	1	1	1	4
Never diagnosed	99	99	99	99	99	99	4
Affective disorder
Ever diagnosed	4	3	5	3	2	3	6
Never diagnosed	96	97	95	97	98	97	4
	Totalb, n=218 003	Menb, n=90 789	Womenb, n=127 214	Totalb, n=3 313 351	Menb, n=1 637 833	Womenb, n=1 675 518
	%a	%a	%a	%a	%a	%a	%
Educationc
Short	26	24	28	16	15	17	10
Medium	49	51	47	52	55	50	6
Long	23	23	23	28	26	31	5
Cohabitation status
Cohabiting	65	75	58	71	74	69	6
Widow/widower	18	9	24	7	3	11	15
Divorcee	11	8	12	9	8	11	7
Singled	7	8	6	13	15	10	3

^aThe sum may exceed 100% due to rounding.

^bRestricted to 30–90-year olds.

^cExcluding unknown education: 2% of cancer survivors, 3% of non-cancer population.

^dNot cohabiting and never married.

^eThe proportion, who are cancer survivors of the total number of people in each category.