Table 6.
Age adjusted incidence rates for lung cancer by education and sex in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort (N=391,251) and in a fictive cohort in which smoking has been eliminated
| Education | Incidence per 100,000 person-years |
|
|---|---|---|
| EPIC cohort | Fictive cohort | |
| Men | ||
| Primary education or less | 117 | 49 |
| Vocational secondary education | 85 | 46 |
| Other secondary education | 73 | 38 |
| College or university | 52 | 20 |
| Rate difference between the lowest and the highest education | 65 | 29 |
| Women | ||
| Primary education or less | 46 | 24 |
| Vocational secondary education | 46 | 28 |
| Other secondary education | 40 | 21 |
| College or university | 25 | 14 |
| Rate difference between the lowest and the highest education level | 21 | 10 |