Table 1 Characteristics of the study populations.
From: Changes in diagnostic evaluation of patients with lung cancer symptoms
Respondents ≥ 40 years old | Reported at least one lung cancer symptom | Contact to the GP about at least one lung cancer symptom | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | 2022 | 2012 | 2022 | 2012 | 2022 | ||||
n (%) | n (%) | p-valuea | n (%) | n (%) | p-valuea | n (%) | n (%) | p-valuea | |
Total | 35,958 (100.0) | 22,077 (100.0) | 5910 (100.0) | 4883 (100.0) | 2538 (100.0) | 2229 (100.0) | |||
Sex | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | ||||||
Females | 18,900 (52.6) | 12,220 (55.4) | 2934 (49.6) | 2641 (54.1) | 1291 (50.9) | 1270 (57.0) | |||
Males | 17,058 (47.4) | 9857 (44.6) | 2976 (50.4) | 2242 (45.9) | 1247 (49.1) | 959 (43.0) | |||
Age groups | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | ||||||
40-54 years | 14,567 (40.5) | 6884 (31.2) | 1878 (31.8) | 1291 (26.4) | 628 (24.7) | 470 (21.1) | |||
55-69 years | 20,156 (56.1) | 14023 (63.5) | 3687 (62.4) | 3293 (67.4) | 1728 (68.1) | 1583 (71.0) | |||
70+ years | 1235 (3.4) | 1170 (5.3) | 345 (5.8) | 299 (6.1) | 182 (7.2) | 176 (7.9) | |||
Smoking status | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.01 | ||||||
Never | 15,063 (41.9) | 10,583 (47.9) | 1764 (29.8) | 1958 (40.1) | 771 (30.4) | 865 (38.8) | |||
Former | 13,389 (37.2) | 8486 (38.4) | 2229 (37.7) | 1986 (40.7) | 1119 (44.1) | 1010 (45.3) | |||
Current | 7506 (20.9) | 3008 (13.6) | 1917 (32.4) | 939 (19.2) | 648 (25.5) | 354 (15.9) | |||
Symptom burden | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | ||||||
0 symptoms | 30,048 (83.6) | 17,194 (77.9) | - | - | - | - | |||
1 symptom | 4561 (12.7) | 3660 (16.6) | 4561 (77.2) | 3660 (75.0) | 1778 (70.1) | 1475 (66.2) | |||
2 symptoms | 1133 (3.2) | 1041 (4.7) | 1133 (19.2) | 1041 (21.3) | 616 (24.3) | 615 (27.6) | |||
≥3 symptoms | 216 (0.6) | 182 (0.8) | 216 (3.7) | 182 (3.7) | 144 (5.7) | 139 (6.2) | |||
Marital status | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | ||||||
Single/living alone | 7951 (22.1) | 5923 (26.8) | 1683 (28.5) | 1497 (30.7) | 736 (29.0) | 703 (31.5) | |||
Married/cohabiting | 28,077 (77.9) | 16,154 (73.2) | 4227 (71.5) | 3386 (69.3) | 1802 (71.0) | 1526 (68.5) | |||
Highest obtained level of education | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | ||||||
< 10 years | 5037 (14.0) | 1748 (7.9) | 1163 (19.7) | 489 (10.0) | 603 (23.8) | 283 (12.7) | |||
10-15 years | 19,050 (29.6) | 11,022 (49.9) | 3165 (53.6) | 2554 (52.3) | 1327 (52.3) | 1195 (53.6) | |||
> 15 years | 10,651 (29.6) | 9307 (42.2) | 1582 (26.8) | 1840 (37.7) | 608 (24.0) | 751 (33.7) | |||
Labour market affiliation | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | ||||||
Working | 22,294 (62.0) | 12,592 (57.0) | 2856 (48.3) | 2442 (50.0) | 1000 (39.4) | 944 (42.4) | |||
Pension | 10,651 (29.6) | 7295 (33.0) | 2281 (38.6) | 1792 (36.7) | 1168 (46.0) | 948 (42.5) | |||
Out of workforce | 1475 (4.1) | 1232 (5.6) | 288 (4.9) | 334 (6.8) | 127 (5.0) | 160 (7.2) | |||
Disability pension | 1538 (4.3) | 959 4.3) | 485 (8.2) | 315(6.5) | 243 (9.6) | 177 (7.9) | |||
Ethnicity | <0.01 | 0.1 | 0.6 | ||||||
Danish | 34,284 (95.3) | 20,796 (94.2) | 5607 (94.9) | 4600 (94.2) | 2393 (94.3) | 2094 (93.9) | |||
Immigrants/descen-dants ofimmigrants | 1674 (4.7) | 1281 (5.8) | 303 (5.1) | 283 (5.8) | 145 (5.7) | 135 (6.1) | |||
