Table 3.
Trends for age-standardized lung cancer incidence rates by countries, 2000–2012 (%).
| China | South Korea | USA | Australia | United Kingdom | ||||||
| Age groups (years) | AAPC (95% CI) | P value | AAPC (95% CI) | P value | AAPC (95% CI) | P value | AAPC (95% CI) | P value | AAPC (95% CI) | P value |
| Males | ||||||||||
| Total | −2.0∗ (−2.4, −1.5) | <0.001 | −1.2∗ (−1.6, −0.9) | <0.001 | −2.5∗ (−2.8, −2.2) | <0.001 | −1.3∗ (−1.7, −0.9) | <0.001 | −1.5∗ (−1.9, −1.1) | <0.001 |
| <40 | −3.2∗ (−5.5, −0.9) | 0.011 | −3.4∗ (−5.6, −1.1) | 0.008 | −3.9∗ (−4.9, −3.0) | <0.001 | −0.3 (−2.3, 1.8) | 0.780 | −0.2 (−2.0, 1.5) | 0.765 |
| 40–49 | −1.6∗ (−3.1, −0.2) | 0.029 | −1.6∗ (−2.7, −0.5) | 0.008 | −4.1∗ (−4.8, −3.4) | <0.001 | −0.3 (−2.1, 1.6) | 0.760 | −2.7∗ (−4.5, −0.9) | 0.003 |
| 50–59 | 1.5∗ (0.2, 2.8) | 0.026 | −1.8∗ (−2.3, −1.2) | <0.001 | −2.4∗ (−2.5, −2.2) | <0.001 | −1.7∗ (−2.2, −1.3) | <0.001 | −1.8∗ (−2.1, −1.5) | <0.001 |
| 60–69 | −2.6∗ (−3.4, −1.9) | <0.001 | −1.1∗ (−1.7, −0.6) | 0.001 | −3.2∗ (−3.4, −2.9) | <0.001 | −1.7∗ (−2.4, −1.1) | <0.001 | −1.6∗ (−1.9, −1.2) | <0.001 |
| 70–79 | −2.9∗ (−3.4, −2.3) | <0.001 | −1.6∗ (−2.2, −1.0) | <0.001 | −1.9∗ (−2.1, −1.6) | <0.001 | −1.6∗ (−2.2, −1.0) | <0.001 | −1.5∗ (−2.5, −0.6) | 0.002 |
| ≥80 | −2.6∗ (−3.3, −1.9) | <0.001 | 0.6 (−0.3, 1.5) | 0.175 | −0.8∗ (−1.2, −0.3) | <0.001 | 0.5 (−0.1, 1.2) | 0.117 | −0.4 (−1.4, 0.6) | 0.466 |
| Females | ||||||||||
| Total | −0.1 (−1.3, 1.1) | 0.883 | 1.1∗ (0.5, 1.8) | <0.001 | −0.9∗ (−1.2, −0.7) | <0.001 | 1.6∗ (1.1, 2.1) | <0.001 | 1.4∗ (1.0, 1.8) | <0.001 |
| <40 | −1.9 (−8.3, 4.9) | 0.569 | 2.0 (−0.4, 4.6) | 0.100 | −3.6∗ (−4.4, −2.8) | <0.001 | 1.7 (−1.1, 4.6) | 0.219 | 0.9 (−2.1, 4.0) | 0.516 |
| 40–49 | 1.8∗ (0.9, 2.8) | 0.002 | 3.2∗ (1.8, 4.7) | <0.001 | −1.4∗ (−2.5, −0.3) | 0.010 | −0.4 (−1.8, 1.0) | 0.564 | −1.1∗ (−2.1, −0.1) | 0.036 |
| 50–59 | 2.6∗ (0.6, 4.6) | 0.010 | 2.8∗ (1.7, 4.1) | <0.001 | −1.0∗ (−1.4, −0.6) | <0.001 | 1.0 (−0.1, 2.1) | 0.080 | 1.0∗ (0.2, 1.7) | 0.015 |
| 60–69 | −0.2 (−2.4, 2.0) | 0.844 | 1.3∗ (0.1, 2.6) | 0.036 | −1.9∗ (−2.2, −1.6) | <0.001 | 1.7∗ (1.0, 2.4) | <0.001 | 1.7∗ (0.6, 2.9) | 0.004 |
| 70–79 | −1.2∗ (−2.0, −0.5) | 0.004 | −0.3 (−1.0, 0.3) | 0.247 | 0.1 (−0.6, 0.8) | 0.769 | 1.7∗ (1.3, 2.1) | <0.001 | 0.9∗ (0.5, 1.3) | <0.001 |
| ≥80 | −1.9∗ (−2.4, −1.3) | <0.001 | 1.2∗ (0.2, 2.2) | 0.027 | 1.2∗ (0.7, 1.7) | <0.001 | 3.2∗ (2.2, 4.1) | <0.001 | 4.1∗ (3.5, 4.7) | <0.001 |
∗
Average annual percent change during 2000 to 2012 is significantly different from zero (P < 0.05). ASIR was calculated by using world Segi's standard population.
AAPC: Average annual percent change; ASIR: Age-standardized incidence rate; CI: Confidence interval; USA: The United States of America.