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Table 1 Men diagnosed with cancer in Sweden 1960–2002 with information on subsequent birth(s) by age and year of diagnosis, parity status at diagnosis and cancer site

From: Birth rates among male cancer survivors and mortality rates among their offspring: a population-based study from Sweden

 

ICD7 codes

Number of men with previous cancer

Number of men* with births after cancer diagnosis

Total number of births after cancer diagnosis

Proportion of men whose partners gave birth >1 year after cancer diagnosis

Overall

84752

4973

7910

5.9 %

Age at diagnosis

0–12 (Childhood)

1700

332

610

19.5 %

13–18 (Adolescence)

1970

449

891

22.8 %

19–70 (Adult)

81082

4192

6409

5.2 %

Year of diagnosis

1958 to 1968

1854

769

1366

41.5 %

1969 to 1979

6289

1265

2271

20.1 %

1980 to 1990

18332

1739

2751

9.5 %

1991 to 2001

58277

1200

1522

2.1 %

Parity Status at diagnosis

Nulliparous

22296

3258

5706

14.6 %

Parous

62456

1715

2204

2.7 %

Cancer site

Digestive

150.0–158.9

14817

350

544

2.4 %

Prostate

177.0–177.9

11281

4

4

0.0 %

Othersa

180.0–181.9; 191.0–191.9; 209.0–209.9

10285

377

611

3.7 %

Bone

196.0–200.9

8764

588

993

6.7 %

Brain & eye

192.0–193.9

7212

715

1188

9.9 %

Hematopoietic

201.0–208.9

7049

575

935

8.2 %

Thoracic

162.0–164.9

6529

55

91

0.8 %

Melanoma skin

190.0–190.9

6489

679

1032

10.5 %

Reproductive organs

178.0–179.9

5276

1052

1555

19.9 %

Head & neck

140.0–148.9; 160.0–161.9

3706

167

280

4.5 %

Thyroid

194.0–195.9

3224

408

674

12.7 %

Breast

170.0–170.9

120

3

3

2.5 %

Socio-economic Status

Blue Collar Workers

32294

1884

2923

5.8 %

White Collar Workers

33837

2072

3436

6.1 %

Self-employed

5723

211

338

3.7 %

Farmers

1666

81

146

4.9 %

Unclassified

11232

725

1067

6.5 %

  1. Abbreviations: ICD7 International Classification of Diseases, Revision 7 Codes
  2. *Father’s age at birth of child is 16–70 years
  3. a Including malignant neoplasm of Kidney, Bladder/urinary organs, and other (non-melanoma) malignant neoplasm of the skin