Skip to main content

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of lung cancer by marital status

From: Marital status and its effect on lung cancer survival

Variable

 

All patients

Marital status at DX

    

Never married

 

Separated/Divorced

 

Widowed

 

Married

   

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

All patients

161,228

100.0

20,528

100.0

21,789

100.0

30,866

100.0

88,045

100.0

Marital status at DX

          

Never married

20,528

12.7

20,528

100.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

Separated/Divorced

21,789

13.5

-

-

21,789

100.0

-

-

-

-

Widowed

30,866

19.1

-

-

-

-

30,866

100.0

-

-

Married

88,045

54.6

-

-

-

-

-

-

88,045

100.0

Race

          

White

149,178

92.5

17,163

83.6

19,844

91.1

28,941

93.8

83,230

94.5

Black

10,975

6.8

3,227

15.7

1,826

8.4

1,767

5.7

4,155

4.7

Other

1,075

0.7

138

0.7

119

0.5

158

0.5

660

0.7

Hispanic origin

          

Non-Hispanic

151,442

93.9

18,783

91.5

20,442

93.8

29,520

95.6

82,697

93.9

Hispanic

9,786

6.1

1,745

8.5

1,347

6.2

1,346

4.4

5,348

6.1

SES

          

Lowest

20,668

12.8

4,674

22.8

3,723

17.1

3,755

12.2

8,516

9.7

Middle-Low

52,264

32.4

6,912

33.7

7,818

35.9

9,999

32.4

27,535

31.3

Middle-High

60,415

37.5

6,453

31.4

7,334

33.7

12,053

39.0

34,575

39.3

Highest

27,881

17.3

2,489

12.1

2,914

13.4

5,059

16.4

17,419

19.8

Vital status

          

Alive

21,919

13.6

2,376

11.6

2,332

10.7

3,685

11.9

13,526

15.4

Dead

139,309

86.4

18,152

88.4

19,457

89.3

27,181

88.1

74,519

84.6

FCDS tobacco use

          

Never smoke

14,001

8.7

1,409

6.9

1,068

4.9

3,683

11.9

7,841

8.9

History smoke

64,008

39.7

5,247

25.6

5,244

24.1

13,505

43.8

40,012

45.4

Current smoke

54,425

33.8

7,989

38.9

8,031

36.9

9,711

31.5

28,694

32.6

Unknown

28,794

17.9

5,883

28.7

7,446

34.2

3,967

12.9

11,498

13.1

Age at diagnosis

     

Mean

 

69.8

 

65.2

 

67.9

 

76.2

 

69.0

Std

 

11.2

 

12.6

 

12.1

 

8.7

 

10.4

Median

 

71.0

 

66.0

 

68.0

 

77.0

 

70.0

Q1

 

63.0

 

56.0

 

59.0

 

71.0

 

63.0

Q3

 

78.0

 

75.0

 

76.0

 

82.0

 

76.0

Min

 

18.0

 

18.0

 

25.0

 

23.0

 

20.0

Max

 

110.0

 

102.0

 

110.0

 

105.0

 

104.0

Sex

     

Female

71,386

44.3

7,233

35.2

11,256

51.7

22,236

72.0

30,661

34.8

Male

89,842

55.7

13,295

64.8

10,533

48.3

8,630

28.0

57,384

65.2

Insurance status

          

Uninsured

5,486

3.4

1,672

8.1

1,222

5.6

426

1.4

2,166

2.5

Private insurance

30,342

18.8

3,539

17.2

3,419

15.7

3,973

12.9

19,411

22.0

Medicaid

5,644

3.5

1,877

9.1

1,440

6.6

529

1.7

1,798

2.0

Medicare

89,820

55.7

7,349

35.8

7,536

34.6

23,553

76.3

51,382

58.4

Defense/Military/Veteran

2,385

1.5

341

1.7

290

1.3

233

0.8

1,521

1.7

Indian/Public

220

0.1

65

0.3

54

0.2

31

0.1

70

0.1

Insurance, NOS

10,491

6.5

1,232

6.0

1,210

5.6

1,040

3.4

7,009

8.0

Unknown

16,840

10.4

4,453

21.7

6,618

30.4

1,081

3.5

4,688

5.3

Urban Rural by zip code

          

Urban

150,025

93.1

18,998

92.5

20,259

93.0

28,966

93.8

81,802

92.9

Rural

11,203

6.9

1,530

7.5

1,530

7.0

1,900

6.2

6,243

7.1

AAMC 2005 teaching hospital

          

Non-teaching hospital

149,258

92.6

18,574

90.5

20,184

92.6

29,165

94.5

81,335

92.4

Teaching hospital

11,970

7.4

1,954

9.5

1,605

7.4

1,701

5.5

6,710

7.6

Hospital volume

          

Low

103,348

64.1

11,804

57.5

11,038

50.7

21,685

70.3

58,821

66.8

High

57,880

35.9

8,724

42.5

10,751

49.3

9,181

29.7

29,224

33.2

  1. SES = Socioeconomic Status (percent living below poverty line); Lowest (≥20%); Middle-low (≥10% and <20%); Middle-high (≥5% and <10%); Highest (<5%).