Table 2.

One-year cancer incidence (95% CI) for males by age band and platelet group, with comparable national incidence

Age band, years	National incidence	Platelet group
		Lower-normal: 150–325 ×10 9/l	High-normal 1: 326–350 ×10 9/l	High-normal 2: 351–375 ×10 9/l	High-normal 3: 376–400 x 109/l
40–49		n= 6984a	n= 8230	n= 4492	n= 2617
	0.2 (0.1 to 0.2)	0.5 (0.3 to 0.7)	0.7 (0.5 to 0.9)	0.7 (0.5 to 1.0)	0.5 (0.3 to 0.9)
50–59		n= 6976	n= 9523	n= 5223	n= 3070
	0.5 (0.5 to 0.6)	1.1 (0.9 to 1.4)	1.7 (1.4 to 2.0)	1.6 (1.4 to 2.0)	1.9 (1.4 to 2.4)
60–69		n= 6953	n= 9286	n= 5122	n= 3138
	1.5 (1.4 to 1.5)	2.0 (1.7 to 2.3)	3.0 (2.7 to 3.4)	3.2 (2.8 to 3.7)	3.8 (3.1 to 4.5)
70–79		n= 6915	n= 6206	n= 3620	n= 2186
	2.6 (2.5 to 2.7)	3.5 (3.1 to 4.0)	4.7 (4.2 to 5.3)	5.8 (5.1 to 6.6)	5.3 (4.4 to 6.3)
≥80		n= 6851	n= 2826	n= 1582	n= 1060
	3.5 (3.4 to 3.6)	3.6 (3.2 to 4.1)	4.7 (4.0 to 5.6)	5.1 (4.0 to 6.3)	6.7 (5.3 to 8.4)

^an is the size of the respective male age/platelet stratum.