Table 2. Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 individuals by sex, age group, place of residence and year of diagnosis.
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (+) | 60.3 | 62.0 | 65.0 | 67.0 | 66.2 | 66.4 | 70.3 | 72.6 | 74.4 | 77.2 | 79.3 | 78.4 |
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Men (+) | 82.7 | 84.7 | 87.3 | 89.4 | 88.4 | 84.8 | 91.9 | 91.8 | 93.7 | 94.9 | 95.7 | 91.8 |
| Women (+) | 57.1 | 58.9 | 61.0 | 62.9 | 62.5 | 60.4 | 65.8 | 66.3 | 68.1 | 69.3 | 70.4 | 67.7 |
| Age group | ||||||||||||
| 18–35 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 35–50 (−) | 16.4 | 15.8 | 17.0 | 16.8 | 16.1 | 15.4 | 15.6 | 16.4 | 14.6 | 12.7 | 13.7 | 12.9 |
| 50–65 | 93.6 | 98.6 | 97.5 | 94.9 | 89.2 | 93.9 | 96.5 | 97.8 | 100.1 | 98.1 | 100.7 | 92.4 |
| 65–80 (+) | 171.3 | 170.5 | 176.4 | 187.7 | 188.0 | 183.0 | 191.8 | 197.8 | 206.2 | 213.6 | 216.5 | 215.9 |
| 80+ | 156.5 | 152.8 | 170.3 | 169.8 | 169.1 | 158.2 | 170.5 | 164.8 | 145.4 | 159.3 | 152.5 | 154.9 |
| Place of residence | ||||||||||||
| Baden-Wurttem. (+) | 48.0 | 48.4 | 52.6 | 56.1 | 49.8 | 53.2 | 57.6 | 57.4 | 55.1 | 60.6 | 63.2 | 62.9 |
| Bavaria (+) | 50.3 | 52.4 | 50.1 | 56.7 | 59.1 | 53.0 | 56.1 | 58.2 | 62.0 | 58.3 | 64.4 | 62.7 |
| Berlin (+) | 77.1 | 74.8 | 70.5 | 84.5 | 78.3 | 75.9 | 89.3 | 92.1 | 92.0 | 92.1 | 93.7 | 92.7 |
| Brandenburg (+) | 44.8 | 50.3 | 55.8 | 56.7 | 57.1 | 64.3 | 68.2 | 72.5 | 71.0 | 73.5 | 78.3 | 73.2 |
| Bremen | 74.9 | 75.5 | 91.9 | 67.5 | 103.0 | 65.6 | 82.6 | 88.9 | 72.7 | 99.9 | 90.0 | 104.0 |
| Hamburg | 72.3 | 68.7 | 76.9 | 69.2 | 70.6 | 76.1 | 94.6 | 95.4 | 99.4 | 104.7 | 115.3 | 98.9 |
| Hesse (+) | 58.5 | 57.3 | 55.5 | 62.7 | 55.0 | 58.8 | 66.8 | 68.0 | 64.3 | 69.9 | 64.9 | 71.0 |
| Mecklenburg-Vor. (+) | 41.1 | 44.6 | 43.9 | 54.3 | 51.5 | 44.9 | 55.5 | 52.1 | 53.5 | 58.9 | 62.7 | 49.8 |
| Lower saxony (+) | 58.9 | 62.2 | 68.0 | 66.0 | 64.2 | 63.0 | 65.6 | 73.4 | 74.4 | 82.3 | 82.2 | 80.4 |
| North rhine-West. (+) | 76.0 | 77.4 | 81.8 | 81.8 | 81.3 | 83.6 | 84.4 | 89.7 | 93.7 | 93.1 | 94.4 | 96.0 |
| Rhineland-Palat. (+) | 69.5 | 72.3 | 76.6 | 75.4 | 80.6 | 85.7 | 84.1 | 73.2 | 85.1 | 91.7 | 94.4 | 88.5 |
| Saarland | 57.1 | 70.6 | 61.9 | 63.2 | 59.3 | 61.2 | 73.9 | 76.3 | 66.2 | 61.3 | 87.8 | 79.6 |
| Saxony | 50.3 | 44.5 | 54.4 | 57.2 | 58.0 | 59.6 | 55.7 | 55.6 | 59.2 | 56.7 | 66.6 | 66.5 |
| Saxony-Anhalt (+) | 47.6 | 48.3 | 58.1 | 53.3 | 55.8 | 50.8 | 61.1 | 65.8 | 59.0 | 65.1 | 64.6 | 69.5 |
| Schleswig-Hols. (+) | 131.6 | 159.7 | 162.3 | 155.7 | 160.6 | 146.6 | 162.5 | 182.2 | 179.0 | 204.1 | 196.0 | 183.8 |
| Thuringia | 45.6 | 48.9 | 59.9 | 55.6 | 65.8 | 66.5 | 62.5 | 51.9 | 70.0 | 81.1 | 76.2 | 76.7 |
Note: If the three year average is always higher (lower) than the three year average of the period immediately before, the trend is labeled as increased (decreasing). An increasing trend in incidence is denoted by (+), a decreasing trend by (−).