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. 2020 Feb;9(1):10–22. doi: 10.21037/tlcr.2020.01.13

Table 3. Detection rate of lung cancer patients according to the smoking status, gender, and age.

Smoking status (%) Subgroup according to the gender and smoking status Age group Number of participants (%) Number of lung cancer patients (%) Detection rate by age group (%) Subtotal of lung cancer patients (%) Detection rate by subgroup of smoking status (%) Detection rate by smoking status (never-smoker and smoker) (%)
Never-smoker, n=6,021 (49.7) Never-smoker women (n=3,875) 40–49 754 (6.2) 5 (3.8) 0.7 50 (37.9) 1.3 (50/3,875) Detection rate in never-smokers 1.1 (66/6,021)
50–59 1,282 (10.6) 19 (14.4) 1.5
60–69 1,518 (12.5) 23 (17.4) 1.5
≥70 321 (2.6) 3 (2.3) 0.9
Never-smoker men (n=2,146) 40–49 484 (4.0) 1 (0.8) 0.2 16 (12.1) 0.7 (16/2,146)
50–59 672 (5.5) 3 (2.3) 0.4
60–69 781 (6.4) 7 (5.3) 0.9
≥70 209 (1.7) 5 (3.8) 2.6
Smoker, n=6,090 (50.3) Women with <30 pack-years of smoking (n=796) 40–49 275 (2.3) 2 (1.5) 0.7 10 (7.6) 1.3 (10/796) Detection rate in smokers 1.1 (66/6,090)
50–59 307 (2.5) 3 (2.3) 1.0
60–69 183 (1.5) 2 (1.5) 1.1
≥70 31 (0.3) 3 (2.3) 9.7
Men with <30 pack-years of smoking (n=2,989) 40–49 662 (5.5) 0 0.0 21 (15.9) 0.7 (21/2,989)
50–59 1,023 (8.4) 7 (5.3) 0.7
60–69 1,054 (8.7) 8 (6.1) 0.8
≥70 250 (2.1) 6 (4.5) 2.4
Women ≥30 pack-years of smoking (n=149) 40–49 15 (0.1) 0 0.0 1 (0.8) 0.7 (1/149)
50–59 63 (0.5) 1 (0.8) 1.6
60–69 57 (0.5) 0 0.0
≥70 14 (0.12) 0 0.0
Men with ≥30 pack-years of smoking (n=2,156) 40–49 126 (1.0) 1 (0.8) 0.8 34 (25.8) 1.6 (34/2,156)
50–59 753 (6.2) 10 (7.6) 1.3
60–69 1,027 (8.5) 20 (15.2) 1.9
≥70 250 (2.1) 3 (2.3) 1.3
Unknown Men with unknown smoking status (n=3) 40–49 1 (0.0) 0 0.0 0
60–69 2 (0.0) 0 0.0
Total 12,114 (100.0) 132 (100.0) 1.1 132 (100.0)

, an interval case was excluded.