Table 1.
Characteristics of Patients Aged 55 to 79 Years Diagnosed With NSCLC From 2007 to 2018
| Characteristic | Race and Ethnicity |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Black | American Indian/Alaskan Native | Asian/Pacific Islander | Hispanic | ||
| N (row %) | 244,552 (75.2) | 39,321 (12.1) | 1693 (0.5) | 20,623 (6.3) | 18,949 (5.8) | 325,138 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 129,462 (52.9) | 22,510 (57.3) | 868 (51.3) | 11,495 (55.7) | 9991 (52.7) | 174,326 (53.6) |
| Female | 115,090 (47.1) | 16,811 (42.8) | 825 (48.7) | 9128 (44.3) | 8958 (47.3) | 150,812 (46.4) |
| Age | ||||||
| 55–59 | 29,733 (12.2) | 7224 (18.4) | 248 (14.7) | 2721 (13.2) | 2619 (13.8) | 42,545 (13.1) |
| 60–64 | 43,037 (17.6) | 8669 (22.1) | 374 (22.1) | 3872 (18.8) | 3381 (17.8) | 59,333 (18.3) |
| 65–69 | 57,251 (23.4) | 9211 (23.4) | 388 (22.9) | 4664 (22.6) | 4330 (22.9) | 75,844 (23.3) |
| 70–74 | 60,149 (24.6) | 7883 (20.1) | 382 (22.6) | 4758 (23.1) | 4492 (23.7) | 77,664 (23.9) |
| 75–79 | 54,382 (22.2) | 6334 (16.1) | 301 (17.8) | 4608 (22.3) | 4127 (21.8) | 69,752 (21.5) |
| Diagnosis stage | ||||||
| Localized | 59,846 (24.5) | 7320 (18.6) | 357 (21.1) | 3938 (19.1) | 3889 (20.5) | 75,350 (23.2) |
| Regional | 60,834 (24.9) | 9400 (23.9) | 426 (25.2) | 4386 (21.4) | 4189 (22.1) | 79,235 (24.4) |
| Distant | 118,826 (48.6) | 21,771 (55.4) | 861 (50.9) | 11,725 (57.0) | 10,247 (54.1) | 163,430 (50.3) |
| Unknown | 5046 (2.1) | 830 (2.1) | 49 (2.9) | 574 (2.8) | 623 (3.3) | 7119 (2.2) |
| Histology | ||||||
| Adenocarcinoma | 128,555 (52.6) | 20,886 (53.1) | 804 (47.5) | 14,339 (69.5) | 11,078 (58.5) | 175,662 (54.0) |
| Squamous | 71,404 (29.2) | 11,395 (29.0) | 570 (33.7) | 3553 (17.2) | 4347 (22.9) | 91,269 (28.1) |
| Large cell | 5354 (2.2) | 954 (2.4) | 29 (1.7) | 295 (1.4) | 308 (1.6) | 6940 (2.1) |
| Non–small cell, NOS | 24,533 (10.0) | 4302 (10.9) | 201 (11.9) | 1630 (7.9) | 1833 (9.7) | 32,499 (10.0) |
| Other specified | 14,706 (6.0) | 1784 (4.5) | 89 (5.3) | 806 (3.9) | 1383 (7.3) | 18,768 (5.8) |
| Diagnosis year | ||||||
| 2007 | 20,999 (8.6) | 2947 (7.5) | 105 (6.2) | 1364 (6.6) | 1356 (7.2) | 26,771 (8.2) |
| 2008 | 20,606 (8.4) | 3080 (7.8) | 135 (8.0) | 1472 (7.1) | 1439 (7.6) | 26,732 (8.2) |
| 2009 | 20,642 (8.4) | 3200 (8.1) | 113 (6.7) | 1529 (7.4) | 1426 (7.5) | 26,910 (8.3) |
| 2010 | 20,094 (8.2) | 3151 (8) | 126 (7.4) | 1602 (7.8) | 1446 (7.6) | 26,419 (8.1) |
| 2011 | 20,082 (8.2) | 3172 (8.1) | 138 (8.2) | 1620 (7.9) | 1499 (7.9) | 26,511 (8.2) |
| 2012 | 20,102 (8.2) | 3349 (8.5) | 130 (7.7) | 1698 (8.2) | 1570 (8.3) | 26,849 (8.3) |
| 2013 | 20,366 (8.3) | 3280 (8.3) | 137 (8.1) | 1791 (8.7) | 1617 (8.5) | 27,191 (8.4) |
| 2014 | 20,555 (8.4) | 3443 (8.8) | 150 (8.9) | 1762 (8.5) | 1639 (8.7) | 27,549 (8.5) |
| 2015 | 20,472 (8.4) | 3425 (8.7) | 189 (11.2) | 1925 (9.3) | 1671 (8.8) | 27,682 (8.5) |
| 2016 | 20,707 (8.5) | 3444 (8.8) | 150 (8.9) | 1952 (9.5) | 1830 (9.7) | 28,083 (8.6) |
| 2017 | 20,995 (8.6) | 3514 (8.9) | 168 (9.9) | 2071 (10.0) | 1793 (9.5) | 28,541 (8.8) |
| 2018 | 18,932 (7.7) | 3316 (8.4) | 152 (9.0) | 1837 (8.9) | 1663 (8.8) | 25,900 (8.0) |
Note: Numbers in parentheses are column percentages unless otherwise stated.
NOS, not otherwise specified.