Table 2 Effects (odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI)) of marital status on cancer mortality among men and women diagnosed with 13 types of cancer at ages 30-89 in Norway 1970-2007, for different five-year periods^a

Married

1

Never-married

1.18

(1.10 - 1.28)

Widowed

1.11

(1.04 - 1.19)

Divorced/separated

1.17

(1.03 - 1.33)

1975-79

Married

1

Never-married

1.23

(1.15 - 1.30)

Widowed

1.15

(1.09 - 1.21)

Divorced/separated

1.19

(1.07 - 1.31)

1980-84

Married

1

Never-married

1.23

(1.16 - 1.31)

Widowed

1.07

(1.02 - 1.13)

Divorced/separated

1.20

(1.10 - 1.31)

1985-89

Married

1

Never-married

1.29

(1.22 - 1.37)

Widowed

1.13

(1.08 - 1.19)

Divorced/separated

1.18

(1.10 - 1.27)

1990-94

Married

1

Never-married

1.23

(1.16 - 1.30)

Widowed

1.10

(1.05 - 1.15)

Divorced/separated

1.23

(1.15 - 1.32)

1995-99

Married

1

Never-married

1.34

(1.27 - 1.42)

Widowed

1.11

(1.06 - 1.17)

Divorced/separated

1.21

(1.14 - 1.28)

2000-04

Married

1

Never-married

1.29

(1.22 - 1.37)

Widowed

1.11

(1.06 - 1.16)

Divorced/separated

1.13

(1.06 - 1.19)

2005-07

Married

1

Never-married

1.35

(1.25 - 1.46)

Widowed

1.10

(1.03 - 1.18)

Divorced/separated

1.16

(1.08 - 1.25)

Women

OR

95% CI

1970-74

Married

1

Never-married

1.17

(1.09 - 1.26)

Widowed

1.01

(0.94 - 1.08)

Divorced/separated

1.17

(1.03 - 1.33)

1975-79

Married

1

Never-married

1.16

(1.09 - 1.23)

Widowed

1.05

(1.00 - 1.10)

Divorced/separated

1.05

(0.95 - 1.16)

1980-84

Married

1

Never-married

1.13

(1.06 - 1.20)

Widowed

1.07

(1.02 - 1.12)

Divorced/separated

1.09

(1.00 - 1.19)

1985-89

Married

1

Never-married

1.10

(1.04 - 1.18)

Widowed

1.05

(1.00 - 1.10)

Divorced/separated

1.08

(1.00 - 1.17)

1990-94

Married

1

Never-married

1.17

(1.10 - 1.25)

Widowed

1.05

(1.00 - 1.10)

Divorced/separated

1.05

(0.98 - 1.13)

1995-99

Married

1

Never-married

1.19

(1.12 - 1.28)

Widowed

1.06

(1.01 - 1.11)

Divorced/separated

1.07

(1.00 - 1.14)

2000-04

Married

1

Never-married

1.23

(1.15 - 1.32)

Widowed

1.09

(1.04 - 1.15)

Divorced/separated

1.09

(1.03 - 1.16)

2005-07

Married

1

Never-married

1.22

(1.12 - 1.34)

Widowed

1.07

(1.01 - 1.14)

Divorced/separated

1.03

(0.96 - 1.12)