Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of first primary lung cancer patients from 13 cancer registries

From: Risks of second primary cancer among patients with major histological types of lung cancers in both men and women

 

Squamous cell carcinoma

Small cell carcinoma

Adenocarcinoma excluding bronchioalveolar

 

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Total

20 468

 

113 197

 

15 639

 

37 663

 

27 502

 

44 090

 

Age at diagnosis (year)

 <56

2990

14.61

15 128

13.36

2865

18.32

6577

17.46

6903

25.10

8528

19.34

 56–65

6021

29.42

37 568

33.19

5188

33.17

12 960

34.41

8088

29.41

14 395

32.65

 66–74

7184

35.10

40 731

35.98

5227

33.42

12 553

33.33

7669

27.89

14 225

32.26

 75+

4273

20.88

19 770

17.47

2359

15.08

5573

14.80

4842

17.61

6942

15.75

Calendar period at diagnosis

1975

1966

9.61

25 719

22.72

555

3.55

4590

12.19

2779

10.10

5444

12.35

 1975–1983

4933

24.10

33 279

29.40

3371

21.56

10 399

27.61

5428

19.74

10 350

23.47

 1984–1990

6318

30.87

29 442

26.01

5278

33.75

11 958

31.75

8175

29.73

13 281

30.12

 1991

7251

35.43

24 757

21.87

6435

41.15

10 716

28.45

11 120

40.43

15 015

34.06

Follow-up period

 <12 months

13 342

65.18

69 243

61.17

11 168

71.41

28 757

76.35

17 899

65.08

20 704

46.96

 1–4 year

5408

26.42

33 111

29.25

3921

25.07

7963

21.14

7129

25.92

10 260

23.27

 5–9 year

959

4.69

5833

5.15

298

1.91

518

1.38

1407

5.12

1817

4.12

 10+ year

759

3.71

5010

4.43

252

1.61

425

1.13

1067

3.88

1309

2.97

Registries

 Australia, NSW (1972–1997)

2076

10.14

10 893

9.62

2032

12.99

5076

13.48

2517

9.15

5331

12.09

 Canada, British Columbia (1970–1998)

2313

11.30

7169

6.33

2092

13.38

3173

8.42

3617

13.15

4499

10.20

 Canada, Manitoba (1970–1998)

675

3.30

3004

2.65

649

4.15

1241

3.30

1180

4.29

1766

4.01

 Canada, Saskatchewan (1967–1998)

409

2.00

1924

1.70

267

1.71

760

2.02

571

2.08

783

1.78

 Denmark (1943–1997)

3891

19.01

21 299

18.82

2926

18.71

5682

15.09

5762

20.95

7611

17.26

 Finland (1953–1998)

1386

6.77

19 914

17.59

1177

7.53

8283

21.99

2027

7.37

5221

11.84

 Iceland (1955–2000)

152

0.74

340

0.30

173

1.11

224

0.59

324

1.18

289

0.66

 Norway (1953–1999)

1591

7.77

10 374

9.16

1875

11.99

4695

12.47

3032

11.02

5333

12.10

 Singapore Chinese (1968–1992)

504

2.46

2697

2.38

185

1.18

793

2.11

994

3.61

1550

3.52

 Slovenia (1961–1998)

303

1.48

5853

5.17

207

1.32

1073

2.85

774

2.81

1551

3.52

 Spain, Zaragoza (1978–1998)

56

0.27

1975

1.74

17

0.11

696

1.85

101

0.37

635

1.44

 Sweden (1961–1998)

2223

10.86

12 023

10.62

0

0.00

0

0.00

3971

14.44

5535

12.55

 UK, Scotland (1975–1996)

4889

23.89

15 732

13.90

4039

25.83

5967

15.84

2632

9.57

3986

9.04