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Table 5 Timing of childbirth in relation to father’s cancer diagnosis for men born after 1931 and diagnosed with cancer between 1961–2003

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

 

Child born before diagnosisa

Child born around diagnosisb

Child born after diagnosisc

 

Offspring

Deaths

(%)

Offspring

Deaths

(%)

Offspring

Deaths

(%)

Overall

115938

2500

2.16 %

2707

31

1.15 %

8051

73

0.91 %

Attained Age

0–4 yrs old

–

1193

–

–

17

–

–

55

–

5–14 yrs old

–

238

–

–

4

–

–

5

–

15–24 yrs old

–

493

–

–

5

–

–

7

–

25+ yrs old

–

576

–

–

5

–

–

6

–

Father's age at childbirth

16–25 yrs old

25153

696

2.77 %

324

4

1.23 %

668

6

0.90 %

26–30 yrs old

44543

1001

2.25 %

858

14

1.63 %

2175

17

0.78 %

31–35 yrs old

29547

541

1.83 %

732

4

0.55 %

2498

29

1.16 %

36–40 yrs old

11440

195

1.70 %

456

7

1.54 %

1614

12

0.74 %

41–45 yrs old

3690

55

1.49 %

186

2

1.08 %

707

6

0.85 %

46–70 yrs old

1565

12

0.77 %

151

0

0.00 %

389

3

0.77 %

Mother's age at childbirth

12–20 yrs old

11600

342

2.95 %

142

1

0.70 %

216

2

0.93 %

21–25 yrs old

38170

947

2.48 %

613

8

1.31 %

1472

13

0.88 %

26–30 yrs old

40388

777

1.92 %

991

16

1.61 %

2810

22

0.78 %

31–35 yrs old

19301

333

1.73 %

666

3

0.45 %

2412

28

1.16 %

36–40 yrs old

5707

89

1.56 %

249

1

0.40 %

979

7

0.72 %

41–57 yrs old

749

10

1.34 %

44

2

4.55 %

155

1

0.65 %

Unknown

23

2

8.70 %

2

0

0.00 %

7

0

0.00 %

Father's cancer site

Head & neck

5240

130

2.48 %

102

0

0.00 %

284

1

0.35 %

Digestive tract

21949

524

2.39 %

273

3

1.10 %

551

7

1.27 %

Thoracic

9847

268

2.72 %

75

0

0.00 %

94

1

1.06 %

Breast

184

4

2.17 %

2

0

0.00 %

3

0

0.00 %

Prostate

17998

433

2.41 %

14

0

0.00 %

4

0

0.00 %

Reproductive

4620

64

1.39 %

514

4

0.78 %

1599

12

0.75 %

Skin

9115

143

1.57 %

354

5

1.41 %

1045

12

1.15 %

Brain & eye

8047

137

1.70 %

353

1

0.28 %

1199

8

0.67 %

Thyroid

4231

104

2.46 %

159

1

0.63 %

687

8

1.16 %

Bone

11445

210

1.83 %

307

7

2.28 %

1010

7

0.69 %

Hematopoietic

7994

148

1.85 %

359

9

2.51 %

953

10

1.05 %

Others

15268

335

2.19 %

195

1

0.51 %

622

7

1.13 %

Father's parity status at start of observation period

Nulliparous

113903

2444

2.15 %

996

13

1.31 %

5412

39

0.72 %

Parous

2035

56

2.75 %

1711

18

1.05 %

2639

34

1.29 %

  1. aChildren born >1 year prior to father’s cancer diagnosis
  2. bChildren born between 1 year before and 1 year after father’s cancer diagnosis
  3. cChildren born >1 year after father’s cancer diagnosis
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