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. 2018 Aug 13;18:135. doi: 10.1186/s12890-018-0678-5

Table 3.

PharMetrics Database: Lung NET Incidence Rate, Cases per Million Person-Yearsa

No. Of Cases Per Million Person-Years (Numerator/Denominator)
2011 2012 2013 2014
Gender Age
 Female 18–24 2.5 (2 /809,900) 1.2 (1 /803,203) 0.0 (0 /844,220) 1.5 (1 /670,429)
25–34 5.5 (5 /915,829) 4.7 (4 /846,136) 3.5 (3 /851,694) 1.5 (1 /659,964)
35–44 2.2 (3 /1,387,525) 7.0 (9 /1,280,702) 12.8 (16 /1,249,676) 10.3 (10 /972,515)
45–54 10.0 (19 /1,902,036) 18.9 (33 /1,747,518) 18.9 (32 /1,688,747) 19.5 (25 /1,282,436)
55–64 37.6 (68 /1,809,406) 47.4 (81 /1,708,362) 55.4 (94 /1,697,399) 51.9 (67 /1,290,342)
All Female 14.2 (97 /6,824,696) 20.0 (128 /6,385,921) 22.9 (145 /6,331,736) 21.3 (104 /4,875,686)
 Male 18–24 1.2 (1 /828,261) 3.6 (3 /823,432) 2.3 (2 /875,326) 1.4 (1 /698,342)
25–34 2.4 (2 /839,247) 1.2 (1 /800,680) 0.0 (0 /818,984) 1.5 (1 /662,957)
35–44 5.5 (7 /1,266,850) 5.1 (6 /1,185,774) 3.4 (4 /1,164,816) 6.4 (6 /935,200)
45–54 10.5 (18 /1,713,588) 11.9 (19 /1,599,135) 12.8 (20 /1,556,840) 8.2 (10 /1,218,043)
55–64 28.7 (47 /1,637,294) 20.6 (32 /1,552,538) 23.2 (36 /1,551,338) 26.3 (32 /1,216,691)
All Male 11.9 (75 /6,285,240) 10.2 (61 /5,961,559) 10.4 (62 /5,967,304) 10.6 (50 /4,731,233)
 All Gender 18–24 1.8 (3 /1,638,161) 2.5 (4 /1,626,635) 1.2 (2 /1,719,546) 1.5 (2 /1,368,771)
25–34 4.0 (7 /1,755,076) 3.0 (5 /1,646,816) 1.8 (3 /1,670,678) 1.5 (2 /1,322,921)
35–44 3.8 (10 /2,654,375) 6.1 (15 /2,466,476) 8.3 (20 /2,414,492) 8.4 (16 /1,907,715)
45–54 10.2 (37 /3,615,624) 15.5 (52 /3,346,653) 16.0 (52 /3,245,587) 14.0 (35 /2,500,479)
55–64 33.4 (115 /3,446,700) 34.7 (113 /3,260,900) 40.0 (130 /3,248,737) 39.5 (99 /2,507,033)
All Patients 13.1 (172 /13,109,936) 15.3 (189 /12,347,480) 16.8 (207 /12,299,040) 16.0 (154 /9,606,919)
Adjusted Rate (No. Of Cases Per Million Person-Years)b
All Femalec 12.8 18.0 20.6 19.3
All Maled 10.6 9.3 9.3 9.6
All Patientse 11.7 13.8 15.2 14.6

a Cases (adults with ≥1 inpatient or ≥ 2 outpatient claims for lung NET in listed year and continuous enrollment in year listed and two years prior) ÷ number of members with continuous enrollment in same period

bAPC (95% CI; P value): female 14.7% (−12.9–51.2; 0.165); male −2.9% (−13.8–9.4; 0.395); all patients 7.8% (−5.7–23.4; 0.137)

cAdjusted based on distribution of age among male from both databases in 2014

dAdjusted based on distribution of age among female from both databases in 2014

eAdjusted based on combined distribution of age among male from both databases in 2014