Research Article
Impact of HIV Infection on Medicare Beneficiaries with Lung Cancer
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of NSCLC cases based on HIV infection status.
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| Men (%) | 67.8 | 52.4 | |
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| Age, years (%) | | | ā65ā74 | 60.9 | 50.0 | ā75ā84 | 35.6 | 41.9 | ā85+ | 3.5 | 8.1 | |
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| Race (%) | | | āWhite | 58.6 | 86.7 | āBlack | 34.2 | 7.9 | āOther | 7.2 | 5.4 | |
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| Never married (%) | | | āMen | 33.1 | 7.5 | |
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| āWomen | 5.4 | 6.6 | |
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| āBoth | 24.1 | 7.0 | |
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| Urban/Rural (%) | | | āBig Metro | 81.6 | 61.2 | āMetro | 17.2 | 25.9 | āOther | 1.2 | 12.9 | |
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| Stage of disease | | | āI | 30.5 | 26.3 | āII | 2.3 | 2.8 | āIII | 31.6 | 31.8 | āIV | 35.6 | 39.1 | |
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| Histology | | | āLarge cell carcinoma | 5.8 | 4.4 | āSquamous cell carcinoma | 24.1 | 25.4 | āAdenocarcinoma | 35.1 | 35.4 | āOther, unspecified | 35.1 | 34.8 | |
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*For comparing HIV and non-HIV patients.
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