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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2015 Mar 18;25(8):569–574.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.03.004

Table 1.

Cancer Incidence in Offspring of Danish Long-lived Families From 1968 to 2009 Stratified on Sex and Age.

Sex Ageband Risktime Observed number
of cancers
Expected
number of
cancers
SIR
(obs/exp)
95% CI


Person-
years
Percent Count Percent
Males
0 – 14 630.3 1.0% 0 0.0% 0.1 0
15 – 29 11,073.8 16.8% 3 1.7% 3.6 0.83 0.27, 2.54
30 – 34 7,495.5 11.3% 3 1.7% 4.2 0.71 0.23, 2.20
35 – 39 7,930.2 12.0% 5 2.9% 6.5 0.77 0.32, 1.84
40 – 44 7,957.1 12.0% 5 2.9% 10.1 0.49 0.21, 1.18
45 – 49 7,876.2 11.9% 9 5.1% 17.5 0.52 0.27, 0.98
50 – 54 7,589.4 11.5% 14 8.0% 30.1 0.46 0.28, 0.78
55 – 59 6,795.0 10.3% 34 19.4% 47.5 0.72 0.51, 1.01
60 – 64 5,079.2 7.7% 49 28.0% 61.2 0.80 0.60, 1.07
65 – 69 2,607.3 3.9% 34 19.4% 49.2 0.69 0.49, 0.98
70 – 74 818.6 1.2% 15 8.6% 21.4 0.70 0.41, 1.20
75 – 79 171.3 0.3% 4 2.3% 5.3 0.75 0.24, 2.39
80+ 28.0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.9 0
Total 66,051.8 100.0% 175 100.0% 257.7 0.68 0.58, 0.79
Females
0 – 14 654.4 1.0% 0 0.0% 0.1 0
15 – 29 11,155.2 17.0% 3 1.2% 3.6 0.84 0.27, 2.60
30 – 34 7,467.4 11.4% 6 2.4% 6.4 0.94 0.43, 2.08
35 – 39 7,924.2 12.1% 9 3.6% 12.2 0.74 0.36, 1.51
40 – 44 7,945.1 12.1% 12 4.8% 20.9 0.57 0.31, 1.05
45 – 49 7,804.9 11.9% 24 9.7% 32.7 0.73 0.50, 1.08
50 – 54 7,504.6 11.4% 41 16.5% 44.6 0.92 0.66, 1.28
55 – 59 6,647.7 10.1% 51 20.6% 54.8 0.93 0.71, 1.22
60 – 64 4,913.7 7.5% 47 19.0% 56.0 0.84 0.63, 1.12
65 – 69 2,598.4 4.0% 30 12.1% 38.3 0.78 0.55, 1.12
70 – 74 871.8 1.3% 24 9.7% 15.2 1.58 1.05, 2.40
75 – 79 141.8 0.2% 1 0.4% 2.9 0.34 0.05, 2.46
80+ 14.9 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.3 0
Total 65,644.2 100.0% 248 100.0% 288.0 0.86 0.75, 0.98

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; exp, expected number of cancers; obs, observed number of cancers; SIR, Standardized Incidence Ratio.