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Table 1 Selected demographic characteristics by cohort

From: Understanding the patient journey to diagnosis of lung cancer

 

Patients with w/EMR at Tulane and Ochsner and have confirmed diagnosis in LA tumor registry (N = 1496)

Patients without primary lung cancer with SPN and 1-year follow up (N = 15,978)

Age, mean (SD)

68.41 (10.03)

61.74 (15.19)

Age group, N (%)

 18–34 years old

4 (0.27)

958 (6.00)

 35–44 years old

14 (0.94)

1186 (7.42)

 45–54 years old

100 (6.68)

2351 (14.71)

 55–64 years old

382 (25.53)

4138 (25.90)

 ≥ 65 years old

996 (66.58)

7345 (45.97)

Gender, N (%)

 Male

843 (56.35)

7139 (44.68)

 Female

651 (43.52)

8839 (55.32)

Race, N (%)

 White

976 (65.24)

10,461 (65.47)

 Black

504 (33.69)

5225 (32.70)

aOther

16 (1.07)

292 (1.83)

Region, N (%)

 Outside New Orleans

258 (17.25)

n/a

 New Orleans Area

1237 (82.69)

Health insurance type at diagnosis, N (%)

 Medicare

1010 (67.51)

n/a

 Private Insurance

235 (15.71)

 Medicaid

92 (6.15)

 Insurance not specified

76 (5.08)

 TRICARE/Veterans Affairs

49 (3.28)

 Not insured

24 (1.60)

 Insurance status unknown

10 (0.67)

Year of diagnosis, N (%)

 2013

165 (11.03)

n/a

 2014

312 (20.86)

 2015

317 (21.19)

 2016

347 (23.20)

 2017

355 (23.73)

AJCC stage, N (%)

 Stage 0

9 (0.60)

n/a

 Stage I

308 (20.59)

 Stage II

108 (7.22)

 Stage III

327 (21.86)

 Stage IV

707 (47.26)

 Unknown, not staged

37 (2.47)

Overall:

 Average number of invasive proceduresb from index date to diagnosis date or end of study periodc, mean (SD)

2.11 (0.75)

1.58 (1.66)

 Average number of non-invasive procedures from index date to diagnosis date or end of study periodc, mean (SD)

5.88 (7.68)

10.47 (9.68)

  1. aAsian, American Indian, Aleutian, or Eskimo
  2. bbiopsies, EBUS and Mediastinoscopy
  3. cObservation periods for each population are different. In the Lung cancer population, index date to diagnosis date. In the SPN population, the index date to the end of 1 year follow up period
  4. All imaging (cpt 71,250, 71,260, 71,270, 71,010, 71,020, 74,176, 74,178, GO297, GO296, S8032)
  5. All consultations/office visits (99201–99,205, 99,213–99,215, 99,221–99,223, 99,251–99,254)