Table 1. Lung cancer incident cases as percentage of total cases by sex, age group, place of residence and year of diagnosis.
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total cases | 5,108 | 5,247 | 5,496 | 5,681 | 5,664 | 5,721 | 6,047 | 6,209 | 6,288 | 6,406 | 6,504 | 6,327 |
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Men | 56.0 | 56.0 | 55.2 | 55.1 | 55.3 | 53.1 | 54.5 | 53.0 | 53.0 | 51.9 | 51.1 | 49.7 |
| Women | 44.0 | 44.0 | 44.8 | 44.9 | 44.7 | 46.9 | 45.5 | 47.0 | 47.0 | 48.1 | 48.9 | 50.3 |
| Age group | ||||||||||||
| 18–35 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 35–50 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
| 50–65 | 32.1 | 33.1 | 31.4 | 30.4 | 29.6 | 31.6 | 31.2 | 31.0 | 31.3 | 29.9 | 30.1 | 28.1 |
| 65–80 | 48.1 | 47.9 | 48.4 | 49.8 | 50.5 | 49.8 | 50.2 | 50.7 | 52.1 | 52.5 | 52.0 | 52.7 |
| 80+ | 13.5 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 12.8 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 16.1 |
| Place of residence | ||||||||||||
| Baden-Wurttem. | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Bavaria | 10.3 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 10.0 |
| Berlin | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| Brandenburg | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| Bremen | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Hamburg | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.6 |
| Hesse | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 8.0 |
| Mecklenburg-Vor. | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| Lower Scaxony | 8.4 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 8.5 |
| North rhine-West. | 31.3 | 30.8 | 31.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.6 | 29.1 | 29.9 | 30.6 | 29.5 | 29.3 | 30.3 |
| Rhineland-Palat. | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| Saarland | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| Saxony | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Saxony-Anhalt | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| Schleswig-Hols. | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.8 |
| Thuringia | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 |