Table 1

Overview of person and tumour characteristics in lung cancer dataset, England 2010 – 2014 (n = 1 76 225), and the number of deaths during follow-up

Variable	Value	n	%	Deaths
Age	−49	4791	2.7	3396
	50–59	17 121	9.7	13 440
	60–69	47 166	26.8	37 868
	70–79	59 804	33.9	50 633
	80–89	41 089	23.3	37 545
	90+	6254	3.5	6043
Sex	Male	96 209	54.6	83 301
Sex	Female	80 016	45.4	65 624
Socio-economic deprivation quintile	1 Least deprived	24 302	13.8	20 020
	2	31 470	17.9	26 453
	3	36 059	20.5	30 575
	4	40 208	22.8	34 170
	5 Most deprived	44 186	25.1	37 707
Performance status	0	14 366	13.8	10 692
	1	24 310	23.4	21 112
	2	14 888	14.3	14 226
	3	13 644	13.1	13 462
	4+	7822	7.5	7514
	NA	28 891	27.8	25 788
	NA (2013–2014)	72 304	–	56 131
Charlson comorbidity score	0	1 27 382	72.3	1 07 291
	1	24 062	13.7	20 292
	2	13 214	7.5	11 202
	3+	11 567	6.6	10 140
Topography	Trachea	166	0.1	121
	Main bronchus	8906	5.1	8299
	Upper lobe	75 936	43.1	61 267
	Middle lobe	6224	3.5	4848
	Lower lobe	40 123	22.8	32 419
	Overlapping or NA	44 870	25.5	41 971
Histology	Adenocarcinoma	49 880	28.3	38 141
	Squamous cell	34 420	19.5	27 437
	Small cell	19 407	11.0	17 878
	Carcinoid	3268	1.9	1466
	Large cell	1453	0.8	1161
	Non-small cell NOS	18 049	10.2	16 512
	Other specified	424	0.2	293
	Unspecified	49 324	28.0	46 037
Stage	I	19 339	11.0	8444
	II	10 696	6.1	6639
	III	29 491	16.7	24 742
	IV	76 843	43.6	73 558
	NA	39 856	22.6	35 542
Individual treatment: surgical resection	Y	23 172	13.1	8195
Individual treatment: surgical resection	N	1 53 053	86.9	1 40 730
Individual treatment: radical radiotherapy	Y	11 311	8.1	8322
	N	1 28 398	91.9	1 13 840
	NA (2014)	36 516	–	26 763
Individual treatment: chemotherapy	Y	50 520	28.7	42 031
Individual treatment: chemotherapy	N	1 25 705	71.3	1 06 894