Table 2 Characteristics of the reference population and the cancer patients
Women | Men | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
References | Patients | References | Patients | |||||
Total (n (%)) | 633,620 | 100.0 | 63,362 | 100.0 | 638,480 | 100.0 | 63,848 | 100.0 |
Age (years) | ||||||||
40-59 | 193,210 | 30.5 | 19,321 | 30.5 | 144,390 | 22.6 | 14,439 | 22.6 |
60-79 | 319,440 | 50.4 | 31,944 | 50.4 | 387,190 | 60.6 | 38,719 | 60.6 |
80+ | 120,970 | 19.1 | 12,097 | 19.1 | 106,900 | 16.7 | 10,690 | 16.7 |
Country of origin | ||||||||
Danish | 603,303 | 95.2 | 60,881 | 96.1 | 612,551 | 95.9 | 61,698 | 96.6 |
Immigrant/descendant Western country | 17,723 | 2.8 | 1,652 | 2.6 | 13,396 | 2.1 | 1,281 | 2.0 |
Immigrant/descendant non-Western country | 12,444 | 2.0 | 829 | 1.3 | 12,308 | 1.9 | 867 | 1.4 |
Marital status | ||||||||
Married | 322,777 | 50.9 | 30,971 | 48.9 | 435,587 | 68.2 | 42,116 | 66.0 |
Not married | 310,843 | 49.1 | 32,391 | 51.1 | 202,893 | 31.8 | 21,732 | 34.0 |
Education | ||||||||
Basic | 279,425 | 44.1 | 28,461 | 44.9 | 228,450 | 35.8 | 23,319 | 36.5 |
Short | 185,337 | 29.3 | 18,624 | 29.4 | 252,794 | 39.6 | 25,580 | 40.1 |
Long | 81,025 | 12.8 | 7,777 | 12.3 | 84,125 | 13.2 | 7,640 | 12.0 |
Unknown | 87,833 | 13.9 | 8,500 | 13.4 | 73,111 | 11.5 | 7,309 | 11.4 |
Labour market affiliation | ||||||||
Working | 185,897 | 29.3 | 17,886 | 28.2 | 196,051 | 30.7 | 17,741 | 27.8 |
Unemployed | 19,256 | 3.0 | 1,972 | 3.1 | 13,234 | 2.1 | 1,536 | 2.4 |
Retired | 419,395 | 66.2 | 42,636 | 67.3 | 424,694 | 66.5 | 44,043 | 69.0 |
Leave and other | 8,898 | 1.4 | 868 | 1.4 | 4,255 | 0.7 | 522 | 0.8 |
Income | ||||||||
Low | 130,388 | 20.6 | 13,129 | 20.7 | 123,343 | 19.3 | 12,916 | 20.2 |
Middle | 320,401 | 50.6 | 32,355 | 51.1 | 314,205 | 49.2 | 32,491 | 50.9 |
High | 182,661 | 28.8 | 17,878 | 28.2 | 200,693 | 31.4 | 18,438 | 28.9 |