Table 1 Selected demographic characteristics of subjects in the lung cancer study, by sex, Montreal, 1996-2000
Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | All men (n=1,630) | Cases (n=736) | Controls (n=894) | All women (n=1,075) | Cases (n=464) | Controls (n=611) |
Age (years) - Mean [SD] | 64.6 ± 7.7 | 64.1 ± 7.9 | 65.0 ± 7.6 | 61.6 ± 9.3 | 61.5 ± 9.3 | 61.7 ± 9.3 |
Ethnic origin | ||||||
French | 70.3% | 77.5% | 64.4% | 72.9% | 78.5% | 68.7% |
British Isles | 5.6% | 4.6% | 6.4% | 6.5% | 9.5% | 4.3% |
Italian | 9.4% | 7.3% | 11.1% | 5.3% | 2.8% | 7.2% |
Other European | 8.7% | 6.1% | 10.8% | 6.3% | 4.7% | 7.5% |
Others | 6.0% | 4.5% | 7.3% | 9.0% | 4.5% | 12.3% |
Education | ||||||
Elementary | 39.5% | 44.6% | 35.4% | 30.5% | 36.2% | 26.2% |
Secondary | 42.2% | 42.8% | 41.6% | 47.4% | 51.5% | 44.3% |
Post-secondary | 18.3% | 12.6% | 23.0% | 22.1% | 12.3% | 29.5% |
Family reported income (k$) Mean [SD] | 34.2 [14.5] | 33.0 [14.9] | 35.2 [14.1] | 36.3 [15.4] | 33.7 [15.9] | 38.4 [14.7] |
Respondent type | ||||||
Self | 76.7% | 60.2% | 90.3% | 82.8% | 66.2% | 95.4% |
Proxy | 23.3% | 39.8% | 9.7% | 17.2% | 33.8% | 4.6% |
Histologic type of lung cancer | ||||||
Adenocarcinoma | 32.7% | 46.6% | ||||
Squamous cell carcinoma | 35.5% | 19.6% | ||||
Small cell carcinoma | 17.0% | 17.2% | ||||
Large cell carcinoma | 9.6% | 9.3% | ||||
Others | 5.2% | 7.3% | ||||