Table 2. Annual number of patients with de novo malignancy in cohort study and general Taiwan population from 1998 through 2012.

Year	General population		Cohort population
	De novo malignancy	Population number	De novomalignancy	Recurrent malignancy	Transplant recipient	Cumulative person-years of follow-up
1998	52207	21928591	0	0	12	180
1999	56323	22092387	0	0	29	586
2000	59116	22276672	0	0	40	1106
2001	61606	22405568	0	0	64	1874
2002	63736	22520776	0	3	70	2644
2003	62542	22604550	4	2	134	3984
2004	67895	22689122	9	8	108	4956
2005	68907	22770383	3	7	158	6220
2006	73293	22876527	8	7	179	7473
2007	75769	22958360	5	16	227	8835
2008	79818	23037031	8	12	289	10280
2009	87189	23119772	13	25	326	11584
2010	90649	23162123	16	41	406	12802
2011	92682	23224912	14	46	478	13758
2012	96694	23315822	18	19	418	14176
Total	1088425		98	186	2938