Table 1.
Characteristics of respiratory cancer cases among White from 1992–2008 by pollution region (n = 58,586)
|
Characteristics |
Respiratory cancer cases (%) |
P Value* |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
|
Honolulu |
Los Angeles |
|
| (n = 2,393) | (n = 56,193) | |||
| Age at diagnoses |
≤54 |
257(10.7) |
5,860(10.4) |
0.03 |
| 55-69 |
857(35.8) |
19,715(35.1) |
||
| 70-84 |
1,128(47.1) |
26,127(46.5) |
||
| 85+ |
151(6.3) |
4,489(8.0) |
||
| Sex |
Male |
1,419(59.3) |
30,602(54.5) |
<0.01 |
| Female |
974(40.7) |
25,591(45.5) |
||
| Marital status at diagnoses |
Unmarried |
273(11.4) |
7,567(13.5) |
<0.01 |
| Married |
1,170(48.9) |
28,622 (50.9) |
||
| Separated/Divorce |
413(17.3) |
7,137(12.7) |
||
| Windowed |
477(19.9) |
11,807(21.0) |
||
| Unknown |
60(2.5) |
1,060(1.9) |
||
| Cancer stage |
In situ |
10(0.42) |
280(0.50) |
<0.01 |
| Localized |
534(22.3) |
10,199(18.2) |
||
| Regional |
629(26.3) |
13,049(23.2) |
||
| Distant |
1,057(44.2) |
26,037(46.3) |
||
| Unknown |
163(6.8) |
6,628(11.8) |
||
| Primary site |
Nose, nasal cavity and middle ear |
29(1.2) |
756(1.4) |
0.55 |
| Larynx |
169(7.1) |
3,672(6.5) |
||
| Lung and bronchus |
2,188(91.4) |
51,503(91.7) |
||
| Others |
7(0.3) |
262(0.4) |
||
| Year diagnosed |
1992-1996 |
697(29.1) |
17,977(32.0) |
<0.01 |
| 1997-2001 |
683(28.5) |
16,724(29.8) |
|
|
| 2002-2006 |
728(30.4) |
15,490(27.6) |
|
|
| 2007-2008 | 285(11.9) | 6,002(10.7) | ||
*P-value from Chi-square test.