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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population (mortality data observed from death certificates, France, 2000–2013)

From: Collider and reporting biases involved in the analyses of cause of death associations in death certificates: an illustration with cancer and suicide

Gender

Cause of death

Number (%)

Age at death, median [IQR]

Men

Overall

 

3,685,024 (100)

76 [64–84]

Suicide

Bladder cancer

150 (0)

78 [69–83]

CNS cancer

20 (0)

56 [45–64]

Colorectal cancer

331 (0)

75 [68–81]

Cutaneous melanoma

13 (0)

76 [58–80]

Head and neck cancer

157 (0)

65 [55–75]

Kidney cancer

77 (0)

71 [65–77]

Larynx cancer

103 (0)

67 [57–75]

Liver cancer

82 (0)

72 [63–76]

Lung cancer

448 (0)

70 [62–77]

Oesophageal cancer

104 (0)

71 [61–79]

Pancreatic cancer

110 (0)

73 [65–80]

Prostate cancer

643 (0)

79 [72–84]

Stomach cancer

100 (0)

75 [65–81]

Testis cancer

9 (0)

52 [44–55]

Thyroid gland cancer

6 (0)

76 [47–78]

Other or no cancera

104,888 (2.9)

50 [39–66]

Other cause

Bladder cancer

53,867 (1.5)

77 [69–84]

CNS cancer

24,204 (0.7)

64 [53–73]

Colorectal cancer

130,632 (3.5)

76 [67–82]

Cutaneous melanoma

12,298 (0.3)

68 [56–78]

Head and neck cancer

46,689 (1.3)

62 [54–71]

Kidney cancer

30,515 (0.8)

73 [63–81]

Larynx cancer

19,431 (0.5)

66 [57–76]

Liver cancer

80,578 (2.2)

71 [63–78]

Lung cancer

309,349 (8.4)

68 [59–77]

Oesophageal cancer

45,215 (1.2)

68 [58–77]

Pancreatic cancer

61,217 (1.7)

71 [62–79]

Prostate cancer

154,378 (4.2)

82 [75–87]

Stomach cancer

43,501 (1.2)

74 [64–81]

Testis cancer

1503 (0)

45 [33–63]

Thyroid gland cancer

2227 (0.1)

72 [62–80]

Other or no cancera

2,562,179 (70)

78 [67–86]

Women

Overall

 

3,553,707 (100)

84 [76–90]

Suicide

Bladder cancer

10 (0)

76 [57–87]

Breast cancer

264 (0)

63 [52–74]

CNS cancer

4 (0)

62 [50–77]

Colorectal cancer

53 (0)

73 [63–83]

Corpus uteri cancer

7 (0)

70 [62–77]

Cutaneous melanoma

6 (0)

77 [74–79]

Head and neck cancer

17 (0)

61 [57–76]

Kidney cancer

11 (0)

73 [62–81]

Larynx cancer

4 (0)

54 [50–59]

Liver cancer

4 (0)

68 [63–72]

Lung cancer

37 (0)

67 [56–78]

Oesophageal cancer

10 (0)

73 [51–80]

Ovary cancer

8 (0)

66 [58–70]

Pancreatic cancer

19 (0)

71 [68–81]

Stomach cancer

9 (0)

64 [53–70]

Thyroid gland cancer

5 (0)

79 [67–81]

Other or no cancera

37,829 (1.1)

53 [42–68]

Other cause

Bladder cancer

16,694 (0.5)

82 [75–88]

Breast cancer

180,821 (5.1)

74 [60–84]

CNS cancer

18,831 (0.5)

68 [57–77]

Colorectal cancer

116,793 (3.3)

80 [71–87]

Corpus uteri cancer

10,105 (0.3)

75 [67–82]

Cutaneous melanoma

10,472 (0.3)

73 [57–83]

Head and neck cancer

9,737 (0.3)

67 [56–80]

Kidney cancer

17,161 (0.5)

78 [69–85]

Larynx cancer

2,125 (0.1)

67 [57–79]

Liver cancer

28,184 (0.8)

77 [69–84]

Lung cancer

89,479 (2.5)

69 [57–79]

Oesophageal cancer

10,597 (0.3)

75 [63–83]

Ovary cancer

47,964 (1.4)

73 [63–81]

Pancreatic cancer

57,766 (1.6)

78 [69–84]

Stomach cancer

25,717 (0.7)

80 [70–87]

Thyroid gland cancer

3,896 (0.1)

79 [71–86]

Other or no cancera

2,869,068 (81)

86 [79–91]

  1. CNS Central nervous system, IQR Interquartile range
  2. aIncludes other cancer sites, multiple cancers, and haematological malignancies