Table 1.

Overall 1- and 5-year survival and mortality rate ratios (MRRs) after lung cancer cancer diagnosis according to study periods in the Central Denmark Region 2000–2011

Lung cancer	Year of diagnosis
	2000–2002	2003–2005	2006–2008	2009–2011
Number of patients	2,169	2,188	2,464	2,548
Median age	69 years	69 years	70 years	71 years
1 year
Survival	31% (29%–33%)	34% (32%–36%)	34% (32%–36%)	37% (35%–39%)
MRR	1 (reference)	0.93 (0.87–1.00)	0.92 (0.86–0.99)	0.84 (0.78–0.90)
Adjusted MRR*	1 (reference)	0.92 (0.86–0.99)	0.89 (0.83–0.96)	0.80 (0.75–0.86)
Adjusted MRR**	1 (reference)	0.92 (0.85–0.99)	0.89 (0.83–0.95)	0.80 (0.74–0.86)
5 years
Survival	10% (9%–12%)	10% (9%–12%)	12% (11%–13%)†	13% (12%–15%)†
MRR	1 (reference)	0.97 (0.91–1.03)	0.93 (0.87–0.99)†	0.87 (0.82–0.93)†
Adjusted MRR*	1 (reference)	0.96 (0.90–1.02)	0.90 (0.85–0.96)†	0.83 (0.78–0.89)†
Adjusted MRR**	1 (reference)	0.95 (0.90–1.02)	0.90 (0.84–0.96)†	0.83 (0.78–0.88)†

Note:

^*Adjusted for differences in age and sex;

^**adjusted for differences in age, sex, and comorbidity;

^†predicted values.