Table 2 Number of offspring in the Family-Cancer Database in 1958-2002
From: The Swedish Family-Cancer Database: Update, Application to Colorectal Cancer and Clinical Relevance
| Â | Total no. of offspring | Offspring with cancer | Offspring linked to parent | Offspring with cancer not linked to parent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n | n | % | n | % | n | % |
All | 7,400,436 | 224,225 | 3.0 | 7,240,222 | 97.8 | 26,254 | 0.4 |
Living offspring | 7,100,978 | 144,602 | 2.0 | 7,010,092 | 98.6 | 8,936 | 0.1 |
Deceased offspring | 289,458 | 79,623 | 27.5 | 230,130 | 79.5 | 17,318 | 6.0 |