Table 5 Probability of developing cancer within selected age intervals, by sex and selected sites, Germany.
Age-conditional morbidity risk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Site (ICD-10) | Birth to 49 | 50 to 69 | 70 and older | Lifetime morbidity risk |
Male | ||||
Colorectal (C18-C21) | 0.3% | 3.3% | 6.5% | 8.0% |
Lung (C33, C34) | 0.3% | 3.1% | 5.1% | 6.9% |
Prostate (C61) | 0.1% | 5.5% | 10.2% | 12.4% |
All cancer sites (C00-C97 except C44) | 3.3%(1 in 31) | 20.4%(1 in 5) | 42.9% (1 in 2) | 48.5%(1 in 2) |
Female | ||||
Colorectal (C18-C21) | 0.3% | 2.1% | 5.9% | 7.3% |
Lung (C33, C34) | 0.2% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 2.5% |
Breast (C50) | 2.0% | 5.3% | 4.5% | 10.7% |
All cancer sites (C00-C97 except C44) | 4.8%(1 in 21) | 15.5%(1 in 6) | 28.5% (1 in 4) | 40.3%(1 in 2) |