Table 1

Features of patients who died within 30 days and between 31 and 90 days after surgery

Overall N=10991Died within 30 days (n=334)Died between 31 and 90 days (n=313)
n%n%*n%†χ2
Sex
 Women482443.91072.21032.1
 Men616756.12273.72103.4p=0.813
Age group
 <5510089.2121.2232.3
 55–5910909.9211.9242.2
 60–64184716.8311.7321.7
 65–69212819.4562.6492.3
 70–74222620.3843.8783.5
 75–79182816.6884.8623.4
 80–847306.6344.7354.8
 85+1341.2129.0107.5p=0.331
Ethnicity
 White898381.72542.82562.8
 Black820.711.200.0
 Asian1121.021.810.9
 Other770.711.322.6p=0.643‡
 Missing173715.8764.4543.1p=0.317
Townsend quintile
 1134312.2362.7302.2
 2160214.6452.8412.6
 3160914.6523.2462.9
 4172314.6644.0553.4
 (most deprived) 5207415.7744.3583.4p=0.985‡
 Missing264018.9633.0834.0p=0.328
Performance status
 0342231.1722.1601.8
 1281525.6843.0933.3
 24654.2234.9286.0
 3–41081.01110.298.3p=0.524‡
 Missing418138.01443.41232.9p=0.523
Predicted FEV1
 >80%189117.2341.8392.1
 60–79%149913.6422.8453.0
 40–59%7266.6233.2273.7
 <40%1411.353.575.0p=0.975‡
 Missing673461.32303.41952.9p=0.508
Charlson index
 0545649.61282.31302.4
 1279125.4873.1843.0
 2–3223320.3954.3813.6
 ≥45114.6244.7183.5p=0.715
Stage
 IA224920.5371.6411.8
 IB306427.9872.8822.7
 IIA3343.061.830.9
 IIB149413.6553.7473.1
 IIIA9338.5414.4394.2p=0.812‡
 Missing285726.01083.81013.5p=0.903
Side
 Right506746.11573.11613.2
 Left393035.81052.71142.9
 Other850.855.944.7p=0.875‡
 Missing190917.4673.5341.8p=0.014
Histology
 Adenocarcinoma340631.0601.8752.2
 Squamous cell310628.31254.01073.4
 NSCLC NOS183316.7623.4623.4
 Other3683.3102.7123.3p=0.356‡
 Missing227820.7773.4572.5p=0.235
Procedure
 Segmentectomy/wedge167115.2352.1352.1
 Lobectomy705164.21602.31652.3
 Bi-lobectomy4313.9255.8133.0
 Pneumonectomy112110.2787.0514.5
 Other7176.5365.0496.8p=0.028
  • *% of patients in each subgroup who died within 30 days.

  • †% of patients in each subgroup who died between 31 and 90 days.

  • ‡Excluding missing.

  • FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 s; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; NOS, not otherwise specified.