Table 2.

Age and sex distribution of incident lung cancer cases between 2002 and 2021.

Year	Total number of incident cases	By sex		By age group
		Male (%)	Female (%)	Age < 40 (%)	Age 40–59 (%)	Age 60–79 (%)	Age > 79 (%)
2002	3708	2506 (67.6)	1202 (32.4)	52 (1.4)	663 (17.9)	2266 (61.1)	727 (19.6)
2003	3549	2461 (69.3)	1088 (30.7)	42 (1.2)	733 (20.7)	2110 (59.5)	664 (18.7)
2004	3806	2538 (66.7)	1268 (33.3)	50 (1.3)	737 (19.4)	2239 (58.8)	780 (20.5)
2005	3884	2583 (66.5)	1301 (33.5)	51 (1.3)	771 (19.9)	2261 (58.2)	801 (20.6)
2006	3911	2698 (69)	1213 (31)	44 (1.1)	846 (21.6)	2215 (56.6)	806 (20.6)
2007	3917	2600 (66.4)	1317 (33.6)	57 (1.5)	794 (20.3)	2185 (55.8)	881 (22.5)
2008	3961	2602 (65.7)	1359 (34.3)	38 (1)	827 (20.9)	2198 (55.5)	898 (22.7)
2009	4298	2821 (65.6)	1477 (34.4)	49 (1.1)	925 (21.5)	2278 (53)	1046 (24.3)
2010	4330	2852 (65.9)	1478 (34.1)	38 (0.9)	930 (21.5)	2299 (53.1)	1063 (24.5)
2011	4293	2812 (65.5)	1481 (34.5)	40 (0.9)	965 (22.5)	2256 (52.6)	1032 (24)
2012	4542	2941 (64.8)	1601 (35.2)	35 (0.8)	962 (21.2)	2409 (53)	1136 (25)
2013	4428	2866 (64.7)	1562 (35.3)	47 (1.1)	921 (20.8)	2347 (53)	1113 (25.1)
2014	4478	2870 (64.1)	1608 (35.9)	40 (0.9)	955 (21.3)	2376 (53.1)	1107 (24.7)
2015	4563	2823 (61.9)	1740 (38.1)	45 (1)	921 (20.2)	2470 (54.1)	1127 (24.7)
2016	4681	2977 (63.6)	1704 (36.4)	36 (0.8)	989 (21.1)	2521 (53.9)	1135 (24.2)
2017	4797	3005 (62.6)	1792 (37.4)	45 (0.9)	938 (19.6)	2639 (55)	1175 (24.5)
2018	4874	3049 (62.6)	1825 (37.4)	46 (0.9)	938 (19.2)	2734 (56.1)	1156 (23.7)
2019	5171	3240 (62.7)	1931 (37.3)	40 (0.8)	961 (18.6)	2943 (56.9)	1227 (23.7)
2020	4857	2985 (61.5)	1872 (38.5)	47 (1)	816 (16.8)	2895 (59.6)	1099 (22.6)
2021	5211	3117 (59.8)	2094 (40.2)	33 (0.6)	915 (17.6)	3042 (58.4)	1221 (23.4)