APPENDIX 5
Table 2
APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF INCIDENT CASES AND
DEATHS FROM COMMON CAUSES OF ADULT MORBIDITY/MORTALITY EXPECTED
IN A COHORT OF 500,000 MEN AND WOMEN (250,000 OF EACH) FOR DIFFERENT
AGE GROUPS OVER A 10-YEAR PERIOD
|
| Age of cohort at recruitment:
|
| Condition | 35-59
| 40-64 | 45-69
|
| Lung cancer (incidence) | 2,600
| 4,900 | 8,200
|
| Bowel cancer (incidence) | 2,100
| 3,500 | 5,500
|
| Breast cancer (incidence) | 5,000
| 6,000 | 6,600
|
| Prostate cancer (incidence) | 450
| 1,200 | 3,100
|
| Ischaemic heart disease (deaths) | 7,000
| 13,000 | 23,000
|
| Cerebrovascular disease (deaths) | 1,400
| 2,800 | 5,600
|
| Chronic obstructive airways disease (deaths)
| 1,200 | 2,200
| 3,800 |
| Pancreatic cancer (incidence) | 600
| 1,000 | 1,600
|
| Hip fracture (incidence) | 600
| 1,100 | 2,500
|
| Diabetes (incidence) | 10,000
| 18,000 | 25,000
|
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