Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics, by gender and population
Women | Men | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Education (%) | Education (%) | ||||||||
Population | Follow-up | Person years | Cancer deaths | Middle/high | High | Person years | Cancer deaths | Middle/high | High |
Madrid | May 1996–Dec 1997 | 2 030 998 | 3331 | 24.2 | 11.7 | 1 756 059 | 6133 | 35.9 | 18.5 |
Basque region | May 1996–Jun 2001 | 3 186 595 | 5431 | 25.4 | 12.0 | 2 985 865 | 11 737 | 34.4 | 14.3 |
Barcelona | Jan 1992–Dec 2001 | 4 489 610 | 11 450 | 23.1 | 13.8 | 3 714 380 | 20 253 | 34.8 | 19.5 |
Slovenia | Apr 1991–Dec 2000 | 5 158 738 | 14 316 | 43.5 | 9.1 | 4 614 864 | 20 105 | 62.6 | 12.4 |
Turin | Nov 1991–Oct 2001 | 2 611 141 | 7837 | 24.5 | 6.8 | 2 611 968 | 11 294 | 32.8 | 10.6 |
Switzerland | Dec 1990–Dec 2000 | 15 113 931 | 39 612 | 60.3 | 7.2 | 12 969 989 | 53 679 | 80.4 | 24.3 |
France | Mar 1990–Dec 1999 | 1 270 981 | 2883 | 37.2 | 10.0 | 1 135 299 | 5375 | 49.4 | 12.7 |
Belgium | Mar 1991–Dec 1995 | 13 688 568 | 37 354 | 32.7 | 13.9 | 12 700 788 | 58 760 | 38.7 | 16.8 |
Denmark | Jan-1996–Dec-2000 | 7 033 258 | 24 170 | 49.9 | 19.9 | 6 893 032 | 25 915 | 59.9 | 20.1 |
Norway | Nov 1990–Nov 2000 | 10 424 746 | 69 894 | 63.8 | 16.8 | 10 021 675 | 38 722 | 70.1 | 21.7 |
Sweden | Jan 1991–Dec 2000 | 22 116 058 | 61 446 | 59.1 | 19.0 | 21 421 623 | 70 339 | 59.7 | 16.4 |
Finland | Dec 1990–Dec 2000 | 13 478 149 | 32 880 | 48.6 | 19.7 | 12 396 052 | 39 734 | 51.2 | 21.5 |
