Table 5

Estimates of marital differentials in excess mortality from cancer among Norwegian men and women, by cancer site, according to different methods, 1960–1991†

Models for womenModels for men
1a1b2a2b1a1b2a2b
†The models also included age, period, subsite, stage, and histological type/grade (the latter three, when relevant, only in the excess mortality term). Only effects relative to the married are shown. The subsite and histological control varaibles were as defined in table 2. Differences of 0.03–0.05, when compared with results from model 1a, are in bold type, and those larger than 0.05 are in bold, underlined type. *Significant at the 0.05 level.
Stomach
    never married1.09*1.10*1.10*1.10*1.14*1.16*1.15*1.15*
    divorced/separated0.980.990.990.961.15*1.19*1.18*1.14*
    widowed1.011.021.021.021.10*1.11*1.11*1.12*
Colon/rectum
    never married1.17*1.19*1.18*1.18*1.27* 1.31* 1.28* 1.31*
    divorced/separated0.96 0.99 0.980.951.00 1.10 1.10 1.11
    widowed1.011.021.031.011.06 1.11* 1.08* 1.10*
Pancreas
    never married1.16*1.16*1.16*1.15*1.051.051.051.05
    divorced/separated1.18*1.17*1.17*1.171.33*1.34*1.34* 1.26*
    widowed0.950.950.950.951.081.091.091.11
Lung
    never married1.14*1.14*1.14*1.14*1.24*1.25*1.25*1.25*
    divorced/separated1.17*1.18*1.18* 1.13* 1.18*1.20*1.20*1.19*
    widowed1.19*1.19*1.19*1.18*1.13*1.14*1.13*1.12*
Breast
    never married1.11*1.15*1.12* 1.15*
    divorced/separated1.061.11*1.11*1.05
    widowed1.061.09*1.07* 1.10*
Cervix
    never married1.27*1.29*1.26*1.29*
    divorced/separated1.26*1.30*1.28*1.26*
    widowed1.041.051.051.05
Corpus uteri
    never married1.041.071.061.05
    divorced/separated0.90 0.95 0.95 0.95
    widowed0.99 1.02 1.04 1.01
Ovaries
    never married1.09*1.10*1.10*1.10*
    divorced/separated1.031.051.051.04
    widowed1.011.011.021.00
Prostate
    never married1.14* 1.24* 1.19* 1.20*
    divorced/separated1.23* 1.45* 1.34* 1.20
    widowed1.00 1.09* 1.07* 1.06
Bladder
    never married0.890.910.93*0.911.53* 1.62* 1.47* 1.51*
    divorced/separated1.09 1.13 1.15 1.03 1.18 1.38* 1.29* 1.20*
    widowed1.041.061.061.051.31* 1.40* 1.25* 1.35*
Malignant melanoma
    never married0.97 1.01 1.00 1.04 1.65* 1.71* 1.56* 1.69*
    divorced/separated0.74 0.81 1.01 0.69 1.09 1.21 1.20 1.17
    widowed0.79 0.82 0.87 0.95 1.22 1.32 1.16 1.18
Leukaemia
    never married1.051.061.05 1.09 1.11 1.14* 1.13*1.12*
    divorced/separated0.90 0.94 0.93 0.911.07 1.16 1.12 1.06
    widowed1.091.11*1.091.111.071.091.09 1.10
All sites above
    never married1.14*1.16*1.14*1.16*1.20* 1.24* 1.23* 1.22*
    divorced/separate1.07*1.10*1.09*1.06*1.19* 1.26* 1.24*1.20*
    widowed1.06*1.07*1.06*1.07*1.09* 1.12* 1.11*1.11*