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. 2022 Apr 14;12:827028. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.827028

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population aged 20 and older: exposures in person-years, number of death cases, and number of incident cases by sex and time period.

Men Women
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 1 Period 2 Period 3
Person-years at risk Total 2,810,704 (100%) 3,278,098 (100%) 3,487,981 (100%) 2,885,139 (100% 3,169,049 (100%) 3,406,880 (100%)
Lower income 1,270,498 (45%) 1,410,850 (43%) 1,339,464 (38%) 2,195,213 (76%) 2,337,882 (74%) 2,281,654 (67%)
Higher income 1,540,205 (55%) 1,867,248 (57%) 2,148,516 (62%) 689,927 (24%) 831,167 (26%) 1,125,226 (33%)
Number of incident cases
and
crude
mean age at incidence
Total cancer (C00-C97) 39,184 (100%)
69 yr
40,885 (100%)
69 yr
36,765 (100%)
69 yr
39,924 (100%)
70 yr
39,468 (100%) 70 yr 36,601 (100%) 69 yr
Colon cancer (C18-C20) 4,511 (12%)
71 yr
4,642 (11%)
71 yr
4,032 (11%)
71 yr
4,774 (12%)
75 yr
4,563 (11%)
75 yr
3,775 (10%)
75 yr
Lung cancer (C33-C34) 4,981 (13%)
69 yr
5,210 (13%)
69 yr
4,809 (13%)
69 yr
2,006 (5%)
70 yr
2,406 (6%)
69 yr
2,428 (7%)
70 yr
Stomach cancer (C16) 1,301 (3%)
70 yr
1,215 (3%)
70 yr
1,007 (3%)
69 yr
1,113 (3%)
75 yr
1,038 (3%)
73 yr
822 (2%)
73 yr
Skin cancer
(C43)
1,173 (2%)
65 yr
1,627 (4%)
65 yr
1,584 (4%)
65 yr
1,512 (4%)
65 yr
1,971 (5%)
64 yr
2,101 (6%)
63 yr
Prostate cancer (C61) 9,294 (24%)
72 yr
8,893 (22%)
72 yr
7,419 (20%)
73 yr
Breast cancer (C50) 11,386 (29%)
68 yr
10,971 (28%)
68 yr
9,567 (26%)
68 yr
Cervix uteri (C53) 1,093 (2%)
59 yr
1,224 (3%)
56 yr
1,365 (4%)
55 yr
Other cancer 17,924 (46%)
67 yr
19,298 (47%)
66 yr
17,914 (49%)
67 yr
18,040 (45%)
71 yr
17,295 (44%)
70 yr
16,543 (45%)
70 yr
Number of deaths Total deaths 58,584 (100%) 58,016 (100%) 55,393 (100%) 79,397 (100%) 72,906 (100%) 67,328 (100%)
Total cancer (C00-C97) 15,870 (27%) 15,213 (26%) 13,421 (24%) 14,223 (18%) 12,515 (17%) 11,143 (17%)
Colon cancer (C18-C20) 1,667 (3%) 1,603 (3%) 1,390 (3%) 1,915 (2%) 1,619 (2%) 1,296 (2%)
Lung cancer
(C33-C34)
3,842 (6%) 3,829 (6%) 3,409 (6%) 1,499 (2%) 1,691 (2%) 1,603 (2%)
Stomach cancer
(C16)
775 (1%) 636 (1%) 537 (1%) 672 (1%) 523 (1%) 422 (1%)
Skin cancer
(C43)
183 (0.3%) 186 (0.3%) 174 (0.3%) 231 (0.3%) 185 (0.3%) 185 (0.3%)
Prostate cancer
(C61)
1,783 (3%) 1,640 (3%) 1,324 (2%)
Breast cancer
(C50)
2,009 (3%) 1,711 (2%) 1,434 (2%)
Cervix uteri
(C53)
246 (0.3%) 195 (0.3%) 182 (0.3%)
Other cancer 7,620 (13%) 7,319 (13%) 6,587 (12%) 7,651 (10%) 6,591 (9%) 6,021 (9%)

Period 1 (January 2006 to April 2010), period 2 (May 2010 to August 2014), period 3 (September 2014 to December 2018); percentages refer always to the respective total of person-years at risk, number of deaths, and the number of incident cases by period; yr ; years.