eTable. Sources of cancer mortality data for Hamburg, the German Empire, and Germany.
| Population | Period | Age (years) | Sex | Cancer deaths | Population size | Rate | Access (reference) |
| Hamburg | 1872–1898 | Entire range | M, F, total | − | − | Crude rates | (17), data extracted from table |
| 1905–1951*1 | 0–29, 30–59, 60–69, ≥ 70 years | M, F, total | − | − | Age-specific rates | (14), data extracted from table | |
| 1871–1951 | Entire range | Total | − | − | Crude rates | (14), data extracted from table | |
| 1895–1950 | − | − | − | Proportion ≥ 60 years | Proportions per year | (14), data extracted from illustration | |
| 1956–1979 | 0–4, 5–9, …, 75–79, ≥ 80 (up to 1966), ≥ 85 (from 1967) | M, F | +*2 | + | − | (18– 21), data extracted from table | |
| 1980–2019 | 0–4, 5–9, …, 80–84, ≥ 85 | M, F | +*2 | + | − | www.gbe-bund.de; accessed: 22.4.2021 | |
| German Empire | 1905–1934 | 0–, 1–4, 5–14, 15–19, 30–44, 45–59, 60–69, ≥ 70 | M, F | − | − | Age-specific rates | (13), data extracted from table |
| Federal Rep. of Germany | 1952–1990 | Entire range | M, F | − | − | Age-specific rates (world standard) | (22), data extracted from table |
| Germany, total | 1991–2019 | Entire range | M, F | − | − | Age-specific rates (world standard) | www.gbe-bund.de; accessed: 22.4.2021 |
*1 Periods/years: 1905–1906, 1910–1911, 1919–1920, 1924–1926, 1933, 1939, 1946, 1950, and 1951;
*2 In addition to the total cancer deaths, data on the cancer types most commonly leading to death were extracted. M, Male; F, female