Research Article

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

Table 7

Clinical characteristics of lung cancer patients with different histological subtypes in Taiwan from 2002 to 2014.

Large cell carcinoma (N = 1,319)Small cell carcinoma (N = 10,582)Adenocarcinoma (N = 67,649)Squamous cell carcinoma (N = 22,951)Other types of lung cancer (N = 21,647)

Age (years) (mean ± standard deviation)65.66 ± 12.9169.90 ± 11.0066.43 ± 12.9670.89 ± 11.1372.07 ± 13.17
Sex
 Female39329.81,15010.8733,58449.642,94012.816,93632.04
 Male92670.29,43289.1334,06550.3620,01187.1914,71167.96
Place of residence, no. (%)
 Urban660(50.04)4,953(46.81)36,765(54.35)10,020(43.66)9,789(45.22)
 Suburban394(29.87)3,170(29.96)19,560(28.91)7,424(32.35)6,325(29.22)
 Rural147(11.14)1,356(12.81)7,284(10.77)3,456(15.06)2,657(12.27)
 Unknown118(8.95)1,103(10.42)4,040(5.97)2,051(8.94)2,876(13.29)
Income levels, no. (%)
 Quintile 1176(13.34)1,668(15.76)7,817(11.56)3,388(14.76)3,487(16.11)
 Quintile 2311(23.58)2,673(25.26)16,752(24.76)6,196(27.0)5,700(26.33)
 Quintile 3157(11.9)1,458(13.78)8,354(12.35)3,406(14.84)2,815(13.0)
 Quintile 4309(23.43)2,127(20.1)15,674(23.17)4,861(21.18)3,563(16.46)
 Quintile 5253(19.18)1,568(14.82)15,277(22.58)3,120(13.59)3,251(15.02)
 Unknown113(8.57)1,088(10.28)3,775(5.58)1,980(8.63)2,831(13.08)
Occupation, no. (%)
 Dependents of the insured individuals369(27.98)2,938(27.76)21,225(31.38)6,210(27.06)6,054(27.97)
 Civil servants, teachers, military personnel, and veterans50(3.79)446(4.21)3,379(4.99)1,050(4.57)951(4.39)
 Nonmanual workers and professionals100(7.58)450(4.25)6,468(9.56)939(4.09)1,033(4.77)
 Manual workers424(32.15)3,335(31.52)20,448(30.23)8,184(35.66)6,422(29.67)
 Other376(28.51)3,413(32.25)16,129(23.84)6,568(28.62)7,187(33.2)
Charlson Index (mean ± standard deviation)3.58 ± 3.014.02 ± 3.143.68 ± 3.093.58 ± 2.864.29 ± 3.22