Table 1.
Characteristics of patients with lung cancer by stage at diagnosis.
| Patient Characteristics | All (n = 711) n (%) * |
Stage 1 (n = 193) n (%) |
Stage 2 (n = 45) n (%) |
Stage 3 (n = 109) n (%) |
Stage 4 (n = 276) n (%) |
Stage Not Known (n = 80) n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | ||||||
| 18–49 | 36 (5.1) | 7 (3.6) | 2 (4.4) | 4 (3.7) | 19 (6.9) | 4 (5.0) |
| 50–59 | 129 (18.1) | 30 (15.5) | 7 (15.6) | 23 (21.1) | 49 (17.8) | 17 (21.2) |
| 60–69 | 261 (36.7) | 74 (38.3) | 16 (35.6) | 43 (39.4) | 98 (35.5) | 26 (32.5) |
| 70–79 | 185 (26.0) | 51 (26.4) | 15 (33.3) | 28 (25.7) | 72 (26.1) | 19 (23.8) |
| 80+ | 100 (14.1) | 31 (16.1) | 5 (11.1) | 11 (10.1) | 38 (13.8) | 14 (17.5) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 355 (49.9) | 73 (37.8) | 29 (64.4) | 61 (56.0) | 145 (52.5) | 43 (53.8) |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 80 (11.3) | 17 (8.8) | 8 (17.8) | 11 (10.1) | 33 (12.0) | 11 (13.8) |
| Hispanic or Latino | 23 (3.2) | 6 (3.1) | 3 (6.7) | 5 (4.6) | 7 (2.5) | 2 (2.5) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 58 (8.2) | 21 (10.9) | 3 (6.7) | 8 (7.3) | 23 (8.3) | 3 (3.8) |
| Non-Hispanic White | 492 (69.2) | 144 (74.6) | 27 (60.0) | 80 (73.4) | 179 (64.9) | 56 (70.0) |
| Other | 58 (8.2) | 5 (2.6) | 4 (8.9) | 5 (4.6) | 34 (12.3) | 8 (10.0) |
| Smoking status | ||||||
| Ever smoker | 531 (74.7) | 152 (78.8) | 39 (86.7) | 94 (86.2) | 184 (66.7) | 56 (70.0) |
| Never smoker | 122 (17.2) | 38 (19.7) | 4 (8.9) | 8 (7.3) | 63 (22.8) | 8 (10.0) |
| Unknown | 58 (8.2) | 3 (1.6) | 2 (4.4) | 7 (6.4) | 29 (10.5) | 16 (20.0) |
| Insurance | ||||||
| Medicaid | 117 (16.5) | 25 (13.0) | 3 (6.7) | 25 (22.9) | 49 (17.8) | 15 (18.8) |
| Medicare | 437 (61.5) | 133 (68.9) | 32 (71.1) | 58 (53.2) | 164 (59.4) | 45 (56.2) |
| Military | 13 (1.8) | 5 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.8) | 4 (1.4) | 1 (1.2) |
| Not Insured | 7 (1.0) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.8) | 3 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) |
| Private | 130 (18.3) | 28 (14.5) | 10 (22.2) | 19 (17.4) | 54 (19.6) | 17 (21.2) |
| Unknown | 7 (1.0) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.9) | 2 (0.7) | 2 (2.5) |
| Census Tract Poverty Indicator | ||||||
| 0–10% poverty | 383 (53.9) | 108 (56.0) | 21 (46.7) | 56 (51.4) | 151 (54.7) | 41 (51.2) |
| 10–20% poverty | 222 (31.2) | 53 (27.5) | 15 (33.3) | 31 (28.4) | 92 (33.3) | 29 (36.2) |
| ≥20% poverty | 106 (14.9) | 32 (16.6) | 9 (20.0) | 22 (20.2) | 33 (12.0) | 10 (12.5) |
| Comorbidity: Elixhauser van Walraven Weighted Score mean (SD) | 17.36 (11.8) | 13.53 (9.8) | 15.76 (11.8) | 16.27 (12.1) | 21.19 (11.9) | 16.16 (12.0) |
* Individuals with Stage 0 (n = 8) excluded from this table.