Table 1.
Age and sex distribution of prevalent lung cancer cases between 2008 and 2021.
| Year | Total number of prevalent cases | By sex |
By age group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male (%) | Female (%) | Age < 40 (%) | Age 40–59 (%) | Age 60–79 (%) | Age > 79 (%) | ||
| 2008 | 10,671 | 6864 (64.3) | 3807 (35.7) | 126 (1.2) | 2299 (21.5) | 6129 (57.4) | 2117 (19.8) |
| 2009 | 10,970 | 7037 (64.1) | 3933 (35.9) | 117 (1.1) | 2383 (21.7) | 6163 (56.2) | 2307 (21) |
| 2010 | 11,143 | 7077 (63.5) | 4066 (36.5) | 108 (1) | 2431 (21.8) | 6218 (55.8) | 2386 (21.4) |
| 2011 | 11,308 | 7112 (62.9) | 4196 (37.1) | 112 (1) | 2512 (22.2) | 6244 (55.2) | 2440 (21.6) |
| 2012 | 11,779 | 7311 (62.1) | 4468 (37.9) | 99 (0.8) | 2586 (22) | 6530 (55.4) | 2564 (21.8) |
| 2013 | 11,993 | 7332 (61.1) | 4661 (38.9) | 108 (0.9) | 2618 (21.8) | 6634 (55.3) | 2633 (22) |
| 2014 | 12,324 | 7488 (60.8) | 4836 (39.2) | 114 (0.9) | 2684 (21.8) | 6875 (55.8) | 2651 (21.5) |
| 2015 | 12,779 | 7612 (59.6) | 5167 (40.4) | 106 (0.8) | 2725 (21.3) | 7208 (56.4) | 2740 (21.4) |
| 2016 | 13,189 | 7812 (59.2) | 5377 (40.8) | 97 (0.7) | 2823 (21.4) | 7462 (56.6) | 2807 (21.3) |
| 2017 | 13,821 | 8052 (58.3) | 5769 (41.7) | 109 (0.8) | 2893 (20.9) | 7946 (57.5) | 2873 (20.8) |
| 2018 | 14,543 | 8378 (57.6) | 6165 (42.4) | 120 (0.8) | 2890 (19.9) | 8603 (59.2) | 2930 (20.1) |
| 2019 | 15,477 | 8811 (56.9) | 6666 (43.1) | 126 (0.8) | 2995 (19.4) | 9266 (59.9) | 3090 (20) |
| 2020 | 15,980 | 8968 (56.1) | 7012 (43.9) | 143 (0.9) | 2936 (18.4) | 9869 (61.8) | 3032 (19) |
| 2021 | 16,952 | 9346 (55.1) | 7606 (44.9) | 134 (0.8) | 3046 (18) | 10,588 (62.5) | 3184 (18.8) |