Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of lung cancer by gender.
| Variable | All patients |
Female |
Male |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| All patients | 165,465 | 100.0 | 73,276 | 100.0 | 92,189 | 100.0 |
| Race | ||||||
| White | 152,880 | 92.4 | 68,562 | 93.6 | 84,318 | 91.5 |
| Black | 11,462 | 6.9 | 4165 | 5.7 | 7297 | 7.9 |
| NA | 57 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 41 | 0.0 |
| Asian | 526 | 0.3 | 275 | 0.4 | 251 | 0.3 |
| PI | 45 | 0.0 | 23 | 0.0 | 22 | 0.0 |
| AIP | 115 | 0.1 | 51 | 0.1 | 64 | 0.1 |
| Other | 380 | 0.2 | 184 | 0.3 | 196 | 0.2 |
| Hispanic Origin | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic | 155,402 | 93.9 | 69,770 | 95.2 | 85,632 | 92.9 |
| Hispanic | 10,063 | 6.1 | 3506 | 4.8 | 6557 | 7.1 |
| NSES | ||||||
| Lowest | 21,406 | 12.9 | 8423 | 11.5 | 12,983 | 14.1 |
| Middle-Low | 53,742 | 32.5 | 22,866 | 31.2 | 30,876 | 33.5 |
| Middle-High | 61,840 | 37.4 | 28,625 | 39.1 | 33,215 | 36.0 |
| Highest | 28,477 | 17.2 | 13,362 | 18.2 | 15,115 | 16.4 |
|
Vital status (not in model) Alive |
22,437 | 13.6 | 12,248 | 16.7 | 10,189 | 11.1 |
| Dead | 143,028 | 86.4 | 61,028 | 83.3 | 82,000 | 88.9 |
| Age at diagnosis (years) | ||||||
| Mean (SD) | 69.7 (11.2) | 69.5 (10.9) | 70.1 (11.5) | |||
| Median (Q1, Q3) | 71.0 (63.0,78.0) | 71.0 (63.0,77.0) | 71.0 (63.0,78.0) | |||
| Min, Max | 18.0, 110.0 | 18.0, 105.0 | 18.0, 110.0 | |||
| Tobacco Use | ||||||
| Never | 14,343 | 8.7 | 8677 | 11.8 | 5666 | 6.1 |
| History | 65,651 | 39.7 | 27,161 | 37.1 | 38,490 | 41.8 |
| Current | 55,678 | 33.6 | 24,543 | 33.5 | 31,135 | 33.8 |
| Unknown | 29,793 | 18.0 | 12,895 | 17.6 | 16,898 | 18.3 |
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Never Married | 20,528 | 12.4 | 7233 | 9.9 | 13,295 | 14.4 |
| Divorced/Separated/Widowed | 52,655 | 31.8 | 33,492 | 45.7 | 19,163 | 20.8 |
| Married | 88,045 | 53.2 | 30,661 | 41.8 | 57,384 | 62.2 |
| Unknown | 4237 | 2.6 | 1890 | 2.6 | 2347 | 2.5 |
| Insurance Status | ||||||
| Uninsured | 5663 | 3.4 | 2188 | 3.0 | 3475 | 3.8 |
| Private Insurance | 31,018 | 18.7 | 14,251 | 19.4 | 16,767 | 18.2 |
| Medicaid | 5938 | 3.6 | 2423 | 3.3 | 3515 | 3.8 |
| Medicare | 92,011 | 55.6 | 41,667 | 56.9 | 50,344 | 54.6 |
| Defense/Military/Veteran | 2482 | 1.5 | 679 | 0.9 | 1803 | 2.0 |
| Indian/Public | 225 | 0.1 | 105 | 0.1 | 120 | 0.1 |
| Insurance, NOS | 10,803 | 6.5 | 4940 | 6.7 | 5863 | 6.4 |
| Unknown | 17,325 | 10.5 | 7023 | 9.6 | 10,302 | 11.2 |
| Urban Rural by zip code | ||||||
| Urban | 153,829 | 93.0 | 68,802 | 93.9 | 85,027 | 92.2 |
| Rural | 11,636 | 7.0 | 4474 | 6.1 | 7162 | 7.8 |
| AAMC 2005 Teaching Hospital | ||||||
| Non-teaching hospital | 153,145 | 92.6 | 67,958 | 92.7 | 85,187 | 92.4 |
| Teaching hospital | 12,320 | 7.4 | 5318 | 7.3 | 7002 | 7.6 |
| Hospital Volume | ||||||
| Low | 106,496 | 64.4 | 47,056 | 64.2 | 59,440 | 64.5 |
| High | 58,969 | 35.6 | 26,220 | 35.8 | 32,749 | 35.5 |
Race abbreviations are as follows: NA=Native American, PI=Pacific Islander, AIP = Asian Indian or Pakistani; NSES: percentage of households living below the federal poverty line: lowest (≥20%), middle-low (≥10% and <20%), middle-high (≥5% and <10%), and highest (<5%); SD: standard deviation.