Table 1

Cancer incidence among patients with AS in Sweden 1965–95. Number (%) reported during the first year of follow up

Diagnosis (ICD-7)No%
Digestive cancer (150–159)1720.7
Respiratory cancer (160–164)911.0
Breast cancer (170)33.7
Prostate cancer (177)1518.3
Kidney cancer (180)33.7
Cancer of urinary organs (181)78.5
Cancer of nervous system (193)78.5
Other cancers (194–199)911.0
All haematopoietic cancers (200–209)1214.6
All cancers82100.0