Table 3.
Number of incident cases of malignancies according to the seventh edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-7) in the Swedish Prescribed Drugs and Health Cohort until 31st December 2015
| Sites | ICD-7 codes | Number of cases (%) |
| Lip, oral cavity and pharynx | 140–148 | 11 436 (1.1) |
| Digestive organs | 150–157 | 122 693 (15.6) |
| Oesophagus | 150 | 4782 (0.6) |
| Stomach | 151 | 9496 (1.2) |
| Colon, rectum and anus | 153–154 | 83 857 (10.6) |
| Liver and biliary tract | 155 | 9533 (1.2) |
| Pancreas | 157 | 11 140 (1.4) |
| Lung (including trachea and bronchus) | 162 | 40 315 (5.1) |
| Breast | 170 | 86 405 (11.0) |
| Uterus | 171, 172, 174 | 82 923 (10.5) |
| Ovary | 175 | 10 263 (1.3) |
| Prostate | 177 | 101 724 (12.9) |
| Testis | 178 | 3278 (0.4) |
| Bladder | 181 | 25 835 (3.3) |
| Kidney | 180 | 12 754 (1.6) |
| Thyroid | 194 | 5041 (0.6) |
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 201 | 2149 (0.3) |
| Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 200, 202 | 18 971 (2.4) |
| Leukaemia | 204–207 | 16 310 (2.1) |
| All | 140–209 | 787 776 (100.0) |