Table 1.

Characteristics of the National Health Interview Survey participants included in the study and those who died from lung cancer during follow-up

	All participants		Lung cancer deaths
	No.	Weighted %	No.	Weighted %
All	578 302	100.0	3221	100.0
Sex
Men	256 273	48.1	1781	58.0
Women	322 029	51.9	1440	42.0
Age at interview, y
30-39	149 251	25.9	57	1.8
40-49	136 986	25.7	279	9.5
50-59	119 486	21.7	715	23.4
60-69	100 577	16.2	1372	42.7
70-79	72 002	10.4	798	22.7
Race and ethnicity
Black	79 656	11.1	495	10.9
Hispanic	81 898	11.5	157	3.5
White	388 069	72.2	2489	82.5
Other racial groupsa	28 114	5.2	75	3.0
Missing	565	0.1	5	0.1
Education completed
High school or less	265 873	44.0	2173	66.3
Some college (<4 y)	154 528	26.6	663	20.8
≥4 y of college	155 182	28.8	366	12.3
Missing	2719	0.5	19	0.6
Smoking status
Never	306 210	53.4	319	10.2
Former	146 449	25.7	1157	36.7
Current	125 643	20.9	1745	53.1

^a“Other racial groups” include individuals who identify as Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian, or Alaska Native.