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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the overall study population and by year of diagnosis cohort

From: Long-term survival trends in patients with unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer receiving chemotherapy and radiation therapy: a SEER cancer registry analysis

 

Total population (N = 12,865)

Year of diagnosis cohort

2000–2002

(n = 2380)

2003–2005

(n = 2808)

2006–2008

(n = 2926)

2009–2011

(n = 2881)

2012–2013

(n = 1870)

Age at diagnosis (years), median (IQR)

67

(59–74)

66

(58–73)

67

(59–74)

67

(59–74)

67

(59–75)

68

(60–74)

Male, n (%)

7599 (59.1)

1448 (60.8)

1703 (60.6)

1731 (59.2)

1666 (57.8)

1051 (56.2)

Race/ethnicity, n (%)

 Asian

503 (3.9)

82 (3.5)

111 (4.0)

120 (4.1)

125 (4.3)

65 (3.5)

 Black

1734 (13.5)

316 (13.3)

330 (11.8)

413 (14.1)

377 (13.1)

298 (15.9)

 White

10,168 (79.0)

1891 (79.5)

2264 (80.6)

2300 (78.6)

2281 (79.2)

1432 (76.6)

 Other

453 (3.5)

89 (3.7)

101 (3.6)

92 (3.1)

97 (3.4)

74 (4.0)

 Unknown

7 (0.1)

2 (0.1)

2 (0.1)

1 (0.0)

1 (0.0)

1 (0.1)

NSCLC stage, n (%)

 Stage IIIA

5159 (40.1)

791 (33.2)

1047 (37.3)

1198 (40.9)

1254 (43.5)

869 (46.5)

 Stage IIIB

7706 (59.9)

1589 (66.8)

1761 (62.7)

1728 (59.1)

1627 (56.5)

1001 (53.5)

Histology, n (%)

Squamous

Non-squamous

4797 (37.3)

8068 (62.7)

876 (36.8)

1504 (63.2)

908 (32.3)

1900 (67.7)

970 (33.2)

1956 (66.9)

1200 (41.7)

1681 (58.4)

843 (45.1)

1027 (54.9)

Year of diagnosis, n (%)*

 2000

631 (4.9)

631 (26.5)

    

 2001

865 (6.7)

865 (36.3)

    

 2002

884 (6.9)

884 (37.1)

    

 2003

872 (6.8)

 

872 (31.1)

   

 2004

984 (7.7)

 

984 (35.0)

   

 2005

952 (7.4)

 

952 (33.9)

   

 2006

933 (7.3)

  

933 (31.9)

  

 2007

988 (7.7)

  

988 (33.8)

  

 2008

1005 (7.8)

  

1005 (34.3)

  

 2009

962 (7.5)

   

962 (33.4)

 

 2010

931 (7.2)

   

931 (32.3)

 

 2011

988 (7.7)

   

988 (34.3)

 

 2012

933 (7.3)

    

933 (49.9)

 2013

937 (7.3)

    

937 (50.1)

  1. *Percentage shown is based on total number of patients recruited overall or in each cohort, as applicable
  2. Abbreviations: IQR Interquartile range; NSCLC Non-small cell lung cancer