Table 4.
Demographics characteristics of male lung and bronchus cancer patients by detailed occupation status: Florida Cancer Data System (1981–2014).
| Characteristics | All patients | Occupation | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-firefighters | Firefighters | Non-firefighters | ||||||||||||
| White collar | Blue collar | Service | Others/unknown | |||||||||||
| N | Col% | N | Col% | N | Col% | N | Col% | N | Col% | N | Col% | N | Col% | |
| All patients | 210,541 | 100.0 | 209,780 | 100.0 | 761 | 100.0 | 8,818 | 100.0 | 10,899 | 100.0 | 1,880 | 100.0 | 188,183 | 100.0 |
| Year of cancer DX | ||||||||||||||
| 1981–1991 | 61,773 | 29.3 | 61,690 | 29.4 | 83 | 10.9 | 82 | 0.9 | 81 | 0.7 | <10 | – | 61,518 | 32.7 |
| 1992–2002 | 71,318 | 33.9 | 71,090 | 33.9 | 228 | 30.0 | 2,020 | 22.9 | 2,440 | 22.4 | 329 | 17.5 | 66,301 | 35.2 |
| 2003–2014 | 77,450 | 36.8 | 77,000 | 36.7 | 450 | 59.1 | 6,716 | 76.2 | 8,378 | 76.9 | 1,542 | 82.0 | 60,364 | 32.1 |
| Age at diagnosis | ||||||||||||||
| 18–44 | 4,340 | 2.1 | 4,305 | 2.1 | 35 | 4.6 | 191 | 2.2 | 286 | 2.6 | 68 | 3.6 | 3,760 | 2.0 |
| 45–54 | 19,575 | 9.3 | 19,473 | 9.3 | 102 | 13.4 | 762 | 8.6 | 1,556 | 14.3 | 279 | 14.8 | 16,876 | 9.0 |
| 55–64 | 50,111 | 23.8 | 49,887 | 23.8 | 224 | 29.4 | 2,295 | 26.0 | 3,144 | 28.8 | 566 | 30.1 | 43,882 | 23.3 |
| 65–74 | 76,965 | 36.6 | 76,703 | 36.6 | 262 | 34.4 | 2,964 | 33.6 | 3,614 | 33.2 | 603 | 32.1 | 69,522 | 36.9 |
| 75+ | 59,550 | 28.3 | 59,412 | 28.3 | 138 | 18.1 | 2,606 | 29.6 | 2,299 | 21.1 | 364 | 19.4 | 54,143 | 28.8 |
| Race | ||||||||||||||
| White | 190,034 | 90.3 | 189,301 | 90.2 | 733 | 96.3 | 8,367 | 94.9 | 9,804 | 90.0 | 1,613 | 85.8 | 169,517 | 90.1 |
| Black | 18,334 | 8.7 | 18,308 | 8.7 | 26 | 3.4 | 335 | 3.8 | 979 | 9.0 | 232 | 12.3 | 16,762 | 8.9 |
| Others/unknown | 2,173 | 1.0 | 2,171 | 1.0 | <10 | – | 116 | 1.3 | 116 | 1.1 | 35 | 1.9 | 1,904 | 1.0 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic | 193,120 | 91.7 | 192,370 | 91.7 | 750 | 98.6 | 8,294 | 94.1 | 10,204 | 93.6 | 1,727 | 91.9 | 172,145 | 91.5 |
| Hispanic | 14,840 | 7.0 | 14,831 | 7.1 | <10 | – | 486 | 5.5 | 660 | 6.1 | 147 | 7.8 | 13,538 | 7.2 |
| Unknown | 2,581 | 1.2 | 2,579 | 1.2 | <10 | – | 38 | 0.4 | 35 | 0.3 | <10 | – | 2,500 | 1.3 |
| Insurance | ||||||||||||||
| Uninsured | 5,868 | 2.8 | 5,855 | 2.8 | 13 | 1.7 | 268 | 3.0 | 691 | 6.3 | 124 | 6.6 | 4,772 | 2.5 |
| Insured | 118,533 | 56.3 | 117,925 | 56.2 | 608 | 79.9 | 8,129 | 92.2 | 9,750 | 89.5 | 1,683 | 89.5 | 98,363 | 52.3 |
| Unknown | 86,140 | 40.9 | 86,000 | 41.0 | 140 | 18.4 | 421 | 4.8 | 458 | 4.2 | 73 | 3.9 | 85,048 | 45.2 |
| SES—% poverty level | ||||||||||||||
| 20%–100% poverty | 20,772 | 9.9 | 20,678 | 9.9 | 94 | 12.4 | 962 | 10.9 | 2,236 | 20.5 | 357 | 19.0 | 17,123 | 9.1 |
| 10%–<20% poverty | 43,189 | 20.5 | 42,936 | 20.5 | 253 | 33.2 | 2,564 | 29.1 | 3,973 | 36.5 | 619 | 32.9 | 35,780 | 19.0 |
| 5%–<10% poverty | 37,743 | 17.9 | 37,540 | 17.9 | 203 | 26.7 | 2,866 | 32.5 | 2,819 | 25.9 | 534 | 28.4 | 31,321 | 16.6 |
| 0%–<5% poverty | 15,621 | 7.4 | 15,551 | 7.4 | 70 | 9.2 | 1,567 | 17.8 | 987 | 9.1 | 176 | 9.4 | 12,821 | 6.8 |
| Unknown | 93,216 | 44.3 | 93,075 | 44.4 | 141 | 18.5 | 859 | 9.7 | 884 | 8.1 | 194 | 10.3 | 91,138 | 48.4 |
| Cigarette use | ||||||||||||||
| Never | 14,934 | 7.1 | 14,887 | 7.1 | 47 | 6.2 | 681 | 7.7 | 495 | 4.5 | 103 | 5.5 | 13,608 | 7.2 |
| History | 76,586 | 36.4 | 76,289 | 36.4 | 297 | 39.0 | 2,578 | 29.2 | 4,496 | 41.3 | 753 | 40.1 | 68,462 | 36.4 |
| Current | 79,104 | 37.6 | 78,809 | 37.6 | 295 | 38.8 | 4,121 | 46.7 | 4,120 | 37.8 | 698 | 37.1 | 69,870 | 37.1 |
| Unknown | 39,917 | 19.0 | 39,795 | 19.0 | 122 | 16.0 | 1,438 | 16.3 | 1,788 | 16.4 | 326 | 17.3 | 36,243 | 19.3 |
All p-values for comparing across occupation groups are less than 0.05, i.e., statistically significant.
DX, diagnosis; SES: socioeconomic status reported as the poverty level (percent) of the patients’ neighborhood at the time of cancer diagnosis; –, sample size less than 10 not reported due to confidentiality rules.