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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Oncol. 2016 Jun 27;11(10):1653–1671. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2016.05.021

Table 2.

5-year net survival (%) estimates of lung cancer in selected countries and groups

5-year net survival (%) (95% CI)
Country Time period Total Males Females
Algeria 2005–2009 15 (11–18) a
Argentina 2005–2009 12 (10–14)
Australia 2006–2010 14 (14–14) 13 (12–13) 17 (16–17)
Brazil 2005–2009 18 (13–23)
 Aracaju 2005–2009 19 (12–25)
 Jahu 2005–2009 9 (4–14)
Bulgaria 2005–2009 6 (6–7)
Chile 2005–2009 6 (2–10)
China 2005–2009 18 (17–18)
 Beijing 2005–2009 18 (18–19)
 Cixian 2005–2009 19 (14–24)
 Haining 2005–2009 23 (20–25)
 Jianhu 2005–2009 5 (2–8)
 Qidong 2005–2009 8 (6–10)
Colombia 2005–2009 9 (7–11)
Denmark 2009–2013 11 (11–12) 16 (15–17)
Finland 2009–2013 10 (10–11) 16 (15–17)
Germany 2005–2009 16 (16–17)
Iceland 2009–2013 14 (11–18) 20 (17–24)
India 2005–2009 10 (5–15)
Indonesia 2005–2009 12 (1–23)
Italy 2005–2009 15 (14–15)
 Biella 2005–2009 8 (5–11)
 Milano 2005–2009 17 (15–19)
 Romagna 2005–2009 19 (17–20)
Japan 2005–2009 30 (29–31)
Libya (Benghazi) 1995–2009 2 (1–4)
Mongolia 1995–2009 7 (4–9)
Norway 2009–2013 15 (14–15) 19 (18–20)
Saudi Arabia 2005–2009 13 (7–19)
Sweden 2009–2013 14 (13–15) 19 (18–19)
Thailand 2005–2009 8 (7–9)
 Khon Kaen 2005–2009 14 (10–17)
 Lampang 2005–2009 6 (5–8)
 Songkhla 2005–2009 7 (5–9)
Tunisia 2005–2009 10 (0–21)
Turkey 2005–2009 10 (9–11)
United Kingdom 2005–2009 10 (9–10)
United States 2010 15 (15,15) 13 (13–13) 18 (18–18)
 White 2010 15 (15,16) 13 (13–13) 18 (18–18)
 Black 2010 13 (13,13) 11 (11–11) 15 (15–16)
 Otherb 2010 16 (16,16) 14 (14–14) 19 (19–20)
a

Data unavailable

b

American Indian/AK Native, Asian/Pacific Islander

Data sources: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (Australia);19 NORDCAN (Nordic countries);32 SEER-18 (the United States);28 CONCORD-2 study (all others).31

Notes: 1. Italicized means estimates are of lower quality.

2. For Libya and Mongolia, estimates were not available for 2005–2009.

3. No total estimates were available from NORDCAN.