Table 1 Characteristics of the study population aged 20 and older: number of insured individuals, exposures in person-years, number of incident cases, and incidence per 100,000 by income group, time period, and gender
From: Socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer – a time trend analysis with German health insurance data
2006–2009 | 2010–2013 | 2014–2017 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | ||
working age (20–65) | low | no. of individuals | 232,254 | 290,532 | 251,755 | 341,196 | 271,634 | 375,622 |
person-years | 760,708 | 1,001,294 | 768,372 | 1,104,466 | 863,493 | 1,285,994 | ||
no. of incident cases | 1277 | 611 | 1197 | 781 | 1245 | 850 | ||
incidence per 100,000 | 168 | 61 | 156 | 71 | 144 | 66 | ||
middle | no. of individuals | 72,486 | 58,126 | 97,185 | 70,631 | 113,485 | 89,995 | |
person-years | 250,072 | 208,108 | 313,313 | 240,014 | 392,402 | 323,015 | ||
no. of incident cases | 192 | 94 | 242 | 105 | 252 | 135 | ||
incidence per 100,000 | 77 | 45 | 77 | 43 | 64 | 42 | ||
higher | no. of individuals | 235,350 | 63,064 | 294,146 | 83,275 | 346,191 | 116,415 | |
person-years | 848,419 | 228,704 | 1,015,157 | 288,553 | 1,252,295 | 414,364 | ||
no. of incident cases | 573 | 103 | 660 | 141 | 721 | 148 | ||
incidence per 100,000 | 68 | 45 | 65 | 49 | 58 | 36 | ||
retirement age (66+) | low | no. of individuals | 131,946 | 309,848 | 147,313 | 301,180 | 142,666 | 283,057 |
person-years | 465,746 | 1,114,705 | 506,319 | 1,062,912 | 497,975 | 1,011,342 | ||
no. of incident cases | 2957 | 1716 | 3183 | 1847 | 3189 | 2067 | ||
incidence per 100,000 | 635 | 154 | 628 | 174 | 640 | 204 | ||
middle | no. of individuals | 66,519 | 39,639 | 63,839 | 40,211 | 65,993 | 46,095 | |
person-years | 238,302 | 141,400 | 223,701 | 141,509 | 233,868 | 162,445 | ||
no. of incident cases | 1330 | 267 | 1166 | 282 | 1135 | 288 | ||
incidence per 100,000 | 558 | 189 | 521 | 199 | 485 | 177 | ||
higher | no. of individuals | 18,310 | 12,635 | 17,545 | 13,268 | 23,468 | 17,277 | |
person-years | 65,356 | 45,036 | 61,133 | 46,776 | 84,567 | 61,227 | ||
no. of incident cases | 347 | 101 | 266 | 101 | 306 | 125 | ||
incidence per 100,000 | 531 | 224 | 435 | 216 | 362 | 204 | ||
full age range (20+) | low | no. of individuals | 364,200 | 600,380 | 399,068 | 642,376 | 414,300 | 658,679 |
person-years | 1,226,453 | 2,115,999 | 1,274,691 | 2,167,378 | 1,361,468 | 2,297,336 | ||
no. of incident cases | 4234 | 2327 | 4380 | 2628 | 4434 | 2917 | ||
incidence per 100,000 | 345 | 110 | 344 | 121 | 326 | 127 | ||
middle | no. of individuals | 139,005 | 97,765 | 161,024 | 110,842 | 179,478 | 136,090 | |
person-years | 488,375 | 349,508 | 537,014 | 381,523 | 626,270 | 485,460 | ||
no. of incident cases | 1522 | 361 | 1408 | 387 | 1387 | 423 | ||
incidence per 100,000 | 311 | 103 | 262 | 101 | 221 | 87 | ||
higher | no. of individuals | 253,660 | 75,699 | 311,691 | 96,543 | 369,659 | 133,692 | |
person-years | 913,775 | 273,739 | 1,076,289 | 335,329 | 1,336,861 | 475,591 | ||
no. of incident cases | 920 | 204 | 926 | 242 | 1027 | 273 | ||
incidence per 100,000 | 101 | 74 | 86 | 72 | 77 | 57 | ||