Table 2
Distribution of spousal cancer sites for men and women
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| Men (female spouses) | Women (male spouses) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-matched | Matched | Pre-matched | Matched | |
| percent | ||||
| High survival category | ||||
| Thyroid | 4.13 | 4.18 | 2.64 | 2.60 |
| Prostate | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.65 | 17.21 |
| Testis | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.47 | 2.60 |
| Skin melanoma | 4.13 | 4.44 | 5.99 | 6.28 |
| Breast | 39.17 | 39.41 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act |
| Corpus uteri | 4.40 | 3.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 0.67 | 0.84 | 1.23 | 1.41 |
| Medium survival category | ||||
| Chronic lymphocytic leukemia | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 0.79 | 0.97 |
| Cervix uteri | 11.79 | 11.46 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Bladder (including in situ) | 1.07 | 1.09 | 5.20 | 5.74 |
| Kidney and renal pelvis | 1.40 | 1.51 | 3.96 | 4.44 |
| Soft tissue | 0.60 | 0.59 | 1.06 | 1.08 |
| Larynx | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 1.06 | 0.97 |
| Rectum | 2.33 | 2.34 | 5.90 | 5.63 |
| Colon | 3.86 | 4.10 | 7.75 | 7.25 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 3.13 | 3.01 | 6.26 | 6.28 |
| Oral (buccal cavity and pharynx) | 1.33 | 1.34 | 3.96 | 3.79 |
| Low survival category | ||||
| Ovary | 3.33 | 3.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Multiple myeloma | 0.87 | 0.67 | 1.67 | 1.62 |
| Leukemia (excluding chronic lymphocytic leukemia) | 1.33 | 1.26 | 1.50 | 1.30 |
| Stomach | 0.53 | 0.50 | 2.73 | 2.71 |
| Brain | 1.40 | 1.42 | 2.82 | 2.71 |
| Liver | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act |
| Lung and bronchus | 5.86 | 6.69 | 12.69 | 12.45 |
| Esophagus | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 1.06 | 1.08 |
| Pancreas | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 1.41 | 1.62 |
| Other | 7.53 | 7.28 | 9.87 | 9.31 |
| number | ||||
| Total number of spousal cancers | 1,501 | 1,195 | 1,135 | 924 |
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x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note: Distribution in percentages for all spousal cancer diagnoses. Authors' calculations. Source: Statistics Canada, 1991 Census–Longitudinal Worker File. |
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