Table 2.
Incidence of lung cancer stratified by age and sex.
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2013–2017 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Incident patients | ||||||||||||
| Number of patients | 2660 | 100 | 2826 | 100 | 2810 | 100 | 2832 | 100 | 2649 | 100 | 13,111 | 100 |
| <60 years | 887 | 33.4 | 891 | 31.5 | 887 | 31.6 | 886 | 31.3 | 775 | 29.3 | 3095 | 23.6 |
| 60–75 years | 1599 | 60.1 | 1751 | 62.0 | 1718 | 61.1 | 1746 | 61.7 | 1666 | 62.9 | 8528 | 65 |
| >75 years | 174 | 6.5 | 184 | 6.5 | 205 | 7.3 | 200 | 7.1 | 208 | 7.9 | 1488 | 11.4 |
| Male | ||||||||||||
| Number of patients | 1710 | 100 | 1774 | 100 | 1817 | 100 | 1723 | 100 | 1646 | 100 | 8301 | 100 |
| <60 years | 499 | 29.2 | 490 | 27.6 | 523 | 28.8 | 474 | 27.5 | 438 | 26.6 | 1713 | 20.6 |
| 60–75 years | 1099 | 64.3 | 1176 | 66.3 | 1165 | 64.1 | 1,125 | 65.3 | 1076 | 65.4 | 5629 | 67.8 |
| >75 years | 112 | 6.6 | 108 | 6.1 | 129 | 7.1 | 124 | 7.2 | 132 | 8 | 959 | 11.6 |
| Female | ||||||||||||
| Number of patients | 950 | 100 | 1052 | 100 | 993 | 100 | 1109 | 100 | 1003 | 100 | 4810 | 100 |
| <60 years | 388 | 40.8 | 401 | 38.1 | 364 | 36.7 | 412 | 37.2 | 337 | 33.6 | 1382 | 28.7 |
| 60–75 years | 500 | 52.6 | 575 | 54.7 | 553 | 55.7 | 621 | 56 | 590 | 58.8 | 2899 | 60.3 |
| >75 years | 62 | 6.5 | 76 | 7.2 | 76 | 7.7 | 76 | 6.9 | 76 | 7.6 | 529 | 11 |