. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2009 Aug;13(8):1008–1014.

Table 1.

Mortality rates for lung cancer and COPD by demographic characteristics, National Longitudinal Mortality Study, United States, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996

	Lung cancer (n = 1,273)			Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (n = 772)
	# Deaths	Person-years	Rate^b	# Deaths	Person-years	Rate^b
Baseline Age
25 to 44	64	941,144.25	12.20	10	941,144.25	2.02
45 to 54	129	243,211.56	19.50	45	243,211.56	10.00
55 to 64	391	217,166.26	49.88	170	217,166.26	26.86
65 to 74	447	162,254.60	52.71	303	162,254.60	36.93
75 to 84	217	75,209.34	26.92	211	75,209.34	25.69
85+	25	14,667.11	4.09	33	14,667.11	5.40
Gender
Male	795	764,304.43	103.60	433	764,304.43	46.18
Female	478	889,348.67	46.72	339	889,348.67	25.17
Race/Ethnicity^a
Hispanic white	14	79,031.09	27.33	7	79,031.09	11.26
Non-Hispanic	1115	1,343,013.61	72.89	705	1,343,013.61	35.16
White
Black	104	147,045.28	75.41	36	147,045.28	22.17
Others	19	53,221.51	46.96	8	53,221.51	19.76
Unknown	21	31,341.61	55.16	16	31,341.61	31.92
Smoking Status
Never	143	837,868.96	15.56	98	837,868.96	9.62
Current	679	466,200.34	184.29	342	466,200.34	106.72
Former	451	349,583.80	84.78	332	349,583.80	63.12

Hispanic ethnicity includes white Hispanic. White, black and other are non-Hispanic.

Mortality rate is direct adjusted per 100,000 person years.