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Table 15.28
Cancer of the Lung and Bronchus (Invasive)
Percent Distribution and Counts by Histology among Histologically Confirmed Cases, 2011-2015
Both Sexes by Race
| Histologya | All Races | White | Black | Asian/ Pacific Islander |
American Indian /Alaska Nativeb |
Hispanicc | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate | Count | Percent | Count | Percent | Count | Percent | Count | Percent | Count | Percent | Count | Percent | |
| Carcinoma | 48.1 | 227,250 | 99.7% | 184,947 | 99.7% | 25,930 | 99.8% | 14,663 | 99.8% | 825 | 99.5% | 13,448 | 99.5% |
| Small cell (8002,8041-8045) | 6.1 | 29,501 | 12.9% | 25,602 | 13.8% | 2,650 | 10.2% | 1,047 | 7.1% | 119 | 14.4% | 1,416 | 10.5% |
| Non-small cell | 40.6 | 191,281 | 83.9% | 154,148 | 83.1% | 22,467 | 86.4% | 13,215 | 89.9% | 676 | 81.5% | 11,578 | 85.6% |
| Squamous and transitional celld | 11.4 | 52,928 | 23.2% | 43,862 | 23.6% | 6,370 | 24.5% | 2,265 | 15.4% | 246 | 29.7% | 2,579 | 19.1% |
| Adenocarcinomae | 23.1 | 109,146 | 47.9% | 86,323 | 46.5% | 12,597 | 48.5% | 9,447 | 64.3% | 322 | 38.8% | 7,038 | 52.1% |
| Large cellf | 0.7 | 3,407 | 1.5% | 2,781 | 1.5% | 453 | 1.7% | 155 | 1.1% | - | - | 166 | 1.2% |
| Non-small cell carcinomag | 2.9 | 13,900 | 6.1% | 11,060 | 6.0% | 1,915 | 7.4% | 798 | 5.4% | 65 | 7.8% | 889 | 6.6% |
| Other specified carcinomash | 2.5 | 11,900 | 5.2% | 10,122 | 5.5% | 1,132 | 4.4% | 550 | 3.7% | 36 | 4.3% | 906 | 6.7% |
| Carcinoma, NOSi | 1.4 | 6,468 | 2.8% | 5,197 | 2.8% | 813 | 3.1% | 401 | 2.7% | 30 | 3.6% | 454 | 3.4% |
| Sarcomaj | 0.1 | 419 | 0.2% | 350 | 0.2% | 41 | 0.2% | 20 | 0.1% | - | - | 53 | 0.4% |
| Other specified typesk | 0.0 | 220 | 0.1% | 184 | 0.1% | 24 | 0.1% | - | - | - | - | 17 | 0.1% |
| Total | 48.3 | 227,889 | 100.0% | 185,481 | 100.0% | 25,995 | 100.0% | 14,694 | 100.0% | 829 | 100.0% | 13,518 | 100.0% |
Footnotes:
Source: SEER 18 areas (San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah, Atlanta, San Jose-Monterey, Los Angeles, Alaska Native Registry, Rural Georgia, California excluding SF/SJM/LA, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey and Georgia excluding ATL/RG). Percents may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
a Excludes Kaposi Sarcoma, mesothelioma, lymphomas, leukemias, myelomas, lymphoreticular, and immunoproliferative diseases.
b Estimates for American Indian/Alaska Native are based on the CHSDA(Contract Health Service Delivery Area) counties.
c Hispanic is not mutually exclusive from whites, blacks, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and American Indians/Alaska Natives. Underlying incidence data for Hispanics are based on NHIA and exclude cases from the Alaska Native Registry.
d Squamous and transitional cell includes histologies 8051-8052, 8070-8076, 8078, 8083-8084, 8090, 8094, 8120, 8123.
e Adenocarcinoma includes histologies 8015, 8050, 8140-8141, 8143-8145, 8147, 8190, 8201, 8211, 8250-8255, 8260, 8290, 8310, 8320, 8323, 8333, 8401, 8440, 8470-8471, 8480-8481, 8490, 8503, 8507, 8550, 8570-8572, 8574, 8576.
f Large cell includes histologies 8012-8014, 8021, 8034, 8082.
g Non-small cell carcinoma includes histology 8046.
h Other specified carcinomas includes histologies 8003-8004, 8022, 8030, 8031-8033, 8035, 8200, 8240-8241, 8243-8246, 8249, 8430, 8525, 8560, 8562, 8575.
i Carcinoma, NOS includes histologies 8000-8001, 8010-8011, 8020, 8230.
j Sarcoma includes histologies 8680, 8711, 8800-8805, 8810-8811, 8815, 8824, 8830, 8840, 8852, 8855, 8890-8891, 8894-8895, 8900-8902, 8910, 8920-8921, 8940, 8990, 9040-9041, 9043, 9120, 9130, 9133, 9150, 9180, 9220, 9231, 9240, 9251, 9473, 9540, 9560, 9580.
k Other specific types includes melanomas and is defined as histologies 8580, 8650, 8720-8790, 8933, 8963, 8972-8973, 8980-8982, 9064-9065, 9070, 9080, 9084-9085, 9100, 9260, 9364, 9503, 9530.
Note: For this analysis, the following histolgies were classified as metastases of another primary site and not included: 8005, 8130, 8146, 8170, 8231, 8247, 8263, 8312, 8340-8341, 8350, 8441, 8460, 8500-8501, 8524, 8530, 8551, 8581, 8585, 8710, 8772, 8806, 8850, 8854, 8896, 8935, 9015, 9042, 9071, 9101, 9181, 9370, 9500, 9561, 9581
- Statistic not shown due to fewer than 16 cases during the time period.
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