Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics for Individuals with Lung Cancer

	Died N=5,107		Alive at end of study N=1,183		P-value
	N	%	N	%
Age categories					<0.0001***
65–69	417	8%	96	8%
70–74	1390	27%	320	27%
75–79	1643	32%	422	36%
80–84	1064	21%	265	22%
85+	593	12%	80	7%
Female	2440	48%	693	59%	<0.0001***
Race
White	4087	80%	920	78%	0.0081**
Black	379	7%	92	8%
Hispanic	271	5%	61	5%
Asian	230	5%	83	7%
Other	140	3%	27	2%
Married	2691	53%	673	57%	0.0091**
Geographic region					0.0733
West	2771	54%	597	50%
Midwest	448	9%	122	10%
South	953	19%	243	21%
Northeast	935	18%	221	19%
Level of education					0.004**
Some high school	3373	66%	729	62%
Some college	1088	21%	302	26%
More than college	525	10%	130	11%
Missing	121	2%	22	2%
Smoking status					<0.0001***
Never smoked	1416	28%	557	47%
Former smoker	1797	35%	364	31%
Current smoker	1612	32%	234	20%
Missing	282	6%	28	2%
Proxy completed survey	506	10%	90	8%	0.0025**
Completed paper survey	4459	87%	1039	88%	0.6298
Non-small cell lung cancer	4341	85%	1108	94%	<0.0001***
Small-cell lung cancer	766	15%	75	6%
Stage of disease at diagnosis					<0.0001***
Local	724	14%	508	43%
Regional	1228	24%	364	31%
Distant	2864	56%	269	23%
Missing stage	291	6%	42	4%
Received surgery	695	14%	587	50%	<0.0001****
Received radiation	1810	35%	368	31%	0.0015**
Comorbid conditions
Hypertension	2835	56%	708	60%	0.0123*
Heart disease	1716	34%	359	30%	0.0319*
Stroke	450	9%	85	7%	0.0579
COPD	1247	24%	329	28%	0.0195*
GI	227	4%	55	5%	0.7994
Arthritis	2362	46%	590	50%	0.0245*
Sciatica	1162	23%	287	24%	0.3191
Diabetes	936	18%	218	18%	0.9897

Note:

^*<0.05,

^**<0.01,

^***<0.0001