Table 2. Cancer-specific characteristics of 227 704 cancer survivors living in Denmark on 1 January 2011.

	Total, n=227 704, %a	Men, n=94 481, %a	Women n=133 223, %a
Index cancer typeb
Mouth, pharynx and larynx	2	4	1
Esophagus, stomach and pancreas	1	2	1
Colon and rectum	11	13	10
Lung	3	3	3
Breast	23	<1	39
Female genitalia	10	-	17
Male genitalia	13	32	-
Kidney and bladder	8	14	4
Malignant melanoma	8	8	9
Central nervous system	6	6	6
Leukemias, NHL and HL	7	9	5
Other cancers	7	8	6
Age at diagnosis of index cancer (years)
0–29	6	8	6
30–59	46	35	51
60–89	48	56	42
⩾90	<1	<1	1
Time since diagnosis of index cancer (years)
<1	11	13	9
1–4	31	36	27
5–9	22	22	22
10–19	22	18	25
⩾20	15	11	18
No. of primary cancers after index cancerb
0	93	93	93
1	7	7	7
⩾2	1	1	1

Abbreviations: HL=Hodgkin lymphoma; NHL=non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

^aThe sum may exceed 100% due to rounding.

^bExcluding benign tumours, cancer in situ, and non-melanoma skin cancers.