Table 4.
Number of deaths in INWORKS by category of underlying cause of death, 1943–2005
| Cause of death | Cohort
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | UK | USA | Total | |
| All solid cancers | 2356 | 6994 | 8607 | 17957 |
| Bladder | 56 | 273 | 250 | 579 |
| Brain | 84 | 227 | 283 | 594 |
| Breast | 75 | 75 | 260 | 410 |
| Colon / small intestine | 172 | 542 | 856 | 1570 |
| Connective tissue | 8 | 32 | 61 | 101 |
| Oesophagus | 92 | 329 | 226 | 647 |
| Kidney | 70 | 174 | 247 | 491 |
| Larynx | 57 | 63 | 65 | 185 |
| Liver/gallbladder/ biliary | 132 | 115 | 206 | 453 |
| Lung/trachea/bronchus | 595 | 2244 | 2963 | 5802 |
| Ovary | 21 | 22 | 79 | 122 |
| Pancreas | 139 | 325 | 512 | 976 |
| Peritoneum | 47 | 67 | 31 | 145 |
| Prostate | 149 | 630 | 906 | 1685 |
| Rectum | 61 | 313 | 165 | 539 |
| Stomach | 99 | 542 | 263 | 904 |
| Thyroid | 6 | 16 | 16 | 38 |
| Other solid cancers | 493 | 1005 | 1218 | 2716 |
| All haematopoietic and lymphoid cancers | 196 | 564 | 1031 | 1791 |
| Hodgkin disease | 17 | 33 | 54 | 104 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 64 | 227 | 419 | 710 |
| All leukaemia | 79 | 208 | 397 | 684 |
| CLL | 19 | 41 | 78 | 138 |
| Leukaemia excluding CLL | 56 | 167 | 311 | 531 |
| Chronic myeloid leukaemia | 14 | 39 | 47 | 100 |
| Multiple myeloma | 36 | 96 | 161 | 293 |
| Circulatory diseases | 1483 | 11687 | 14678 | 27848 |
| Hypertension | 39 | 165 | 380 | 584 |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 587 | 7904 | 8972 | 17463 |
| Other heart diseases | 357 | 717 | 2324 | 3398 |
| Cerebrovascular | 338 | 2047 | 2059 | 4444 |
| Other cardiovascular diseases | 162 | 854 | 943 | 1959 |