Research Article

Epidemiology and Survival Outcomes of Lung Cancer: A Population-Based Study

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of lung cancer patients in Taiwan from 2002 to 2014.

Entire cohort (n = 124,148)By genderBy calendar year
Female (n = 45,003)Male (n = 79,145)p value2002 (n = 7,308)2014 (n = 11,784)p value

Age (years) (mean ± standard deviation)68.53 ± 12.7566.67 ± 13.3569.58 ± 12.28<0.000168.13 ± 12.3067.80 ± 12.900.0762
Sex<0.0001
 Female45,003(36.25)2,429(33.24)4,840(41.07)
 Male79,145(63.75)4,879(66.76)6,944(58.93)
Place of residence, no. (%)<0.0001<0.0001
 Urban62,187(50.09)24,468(54.37)37,719(47.66)3,609(49.38)6,597(55.98)
 Suburban36,873(29.70)12,670(28.15)24,203(30.58)2,353(32.20)3,744(31.77)
 Rural14,900(12.00)4,951(11.00)9,949(12.57)1,037(14.19)1,385(11.75)
 Unknown10,188(8.21)2,914(6.48)7,274(9.19)309(4.23)58(0.49)
Income levels, no. (%)<0.0001<0.0001
 Quintile 116,536(13.32)4,747(10.55)11,789(14.90)1,924(26.33)0(0.00)
 Quintile 231,632(25.48)11,466(25.48)20,166(25.48)3,241(44.35)3,141(26.65)
 Quintile 316,190(13.04)5,758(12.79)10,432(13.18)184(2.52)597(5.07)
 Quintile 426,534(21.37)10,586(23.52)15,948(20.15)485(6.64)5,075(43.07)
 Quintile 523,469(18.90)9,682(21.51)13,787(17.42)1,096(15.00)2,931(24.87)
 Unknown9,787(7.88)2,764(6.14)7,023(8.87)378(5.17)40(0.34)
Occupation, no. (%)<0.0001<0.0001
 Dependents of the insured individuals36,796(29.64)16,724(37.16)20,072(25.36)2,050(28.05)4,172(35.40)
 Civil servants, teachers, military personnel, and veterans5,876(4.73)1,617(3.59)4,259(5.38)160(2.19)1,132(9.61)
 Nonmanual workers and professionals8,990(7.24)3,491(7.76)5,499(6.95)474(6.49)1,213(10.29)
 Manual workers38,813(31.26)14,032(31.18)24,781(31.31)28,68(39.24)3,926(33.32)
 Other33,673(27.12)9,139(20.31)24,534(31.00)1,756(24.03)1,341(11.38)
Charlson Index (mean ± standard deviation)3.80 ± 3.093.73 ± 3.113.83 ± 3.08<.00014.23 ± 3.123.48 ± 3.03<0.0001

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