Table 3.

Annual percent change (APC) in five-year relative survival rates for metastatic lung cancer patients in California (1990–2014).

	Five-Year Relative Survival (1990–2010)
	APC	95% CI		p<0.05
Overall	4.05	3.47	4.64	<0.01*
Age at Diagnosis
20–64 years	4.23	3.52	4.95	<0.01*
65–74 years	5.04	3.80	6.29	<0.01*
≥75 years	5.15	3.91	6.41	<0.01*
Sex
Male	4.04	3.13	4.95	<0.01*
Female	4.35	3.67	5.03	<0.01*
Race/ethnicity
NHW	4.09	3.46	4.73	<0.01*
NHB	3.58	2.13	5.05	<0.01*
Hispanic^
1990–1997	−5.42	−14.26	4.32	0.25
1997–2010	5.68	2.74	8.70	<0.01*
API	4.2	2.86	5.56	<0.01*
Histology
Small-Cell	2.22	0.84	3.62	<0.01*
Squamous	2.29	1.17	3.42	<0.01*
Adenocarcinoma	5.66	4.73	6.60	<0.01*
Large Cell	4.41	2.22	6.65	<0.01*
NSCLC NOS	4.97	3.76	6.20	<0.01*
Other	1.92	−0.92	4.83	0.17