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Table 2 Number of cases, person-years and truncated age-standardized incidence rates (ASR) with 95% confidence intervals (95% C.I.) per 100,000 person-years among the study population aged 50 to 74 years, by histological subtype and country of origin, Belgium, 2004–2013

From: Lung cancer incidence differences in migrant men in Belgium, 2004–2013: histology-specific analyses

  

Nr. of cases

Person-years

ASR (95% C.I.)

Overall lung cancer

Belgian

30,008

11,922,223

253.8 (251.0–256.7)

Italian

937

335,372

270.9 (253.3–288.5)

Turkish

199

84,828

271.9 (233.6–310.3)

Moroccan

333

171,470

199.1 (177.6–220.5)

Small-cell lung carcinoma

Belgian

4818

11,922,223

40.7 (39.6–41.9)

Italian

129

335,372

37.5 (30.9–44.1)

Turkish

37

84,828

51.6 (34.7–68.4)

Moroccan

49

171,470

29.4 (21.2–37.7)

Squamous cell carcinoma

Belgian

9361

11,922,223

79.5 (77.8–81.1)

Italian

303

335,372

88.3 (78.2–98.4)

Turkish

68

84,828

91.8 (69.6–113.9)

Moroccan

87

171,470

53.2 (42.0–64.4)

Adenocarcinoma

Belgian

10,829

11,922,223

91.2 (89.5–92.9)

Italian

392

335,372

112.8 (101.4–124.1)

Turkish

67

84,828

90.1 (68.2–112.0)

Moroccan

157

171,470

92.9 (78.3–107.4)

Large-cell undifferentiated carcinoma

Belgian

1485

11,922,223

12.6 (12.0–13.2)

Italian

26

335,372

7.5 (4.6–10.4)

Turkish

N < 10

84,828

8.6 (1.6–15.5)

Moroccan

N < 15

171,470

7.5 (3.4–11.6)

Other/unknown

Belgian

3515

11,922,223

29.9 (28.9–30.9)

Italian

87

335,372

24.9 (19.6–30.2)

Turkish

< 25

84,828

29.9 (17.0–42.8)

Moroccan

27

171,470

16.1 (10.0–22.2)