Table 1
Age-standardized incidence rates (ASIRs) for lung cancer per 100,000 person-years at risk, rate ratios (RR), and rate differences (RD), by sex and selected socioeconomic status (SES) characteristics, Canadian Census Cohort members aged 25 or older at baseline, Canada, 1991 to 2003

Table 1
Age-standardized incidence rates (ASIRs) for lung cancer per 100,000 person-years at risk, rate ratios (RR), and rate differences (RD), by sex and selected socioeconomic status (SES) characteristics, Canadian Census Cohort members aged 25 or older at baseline, Canada, 1991 to 2003
Table summary
This table displays the results of Age-standardized incidence rates (ASIRs) for lung cancer per 100. The information is grouped by Sex and SES characteristics (appearing as row headers), Number of cases, ASIR, 95% confidence interval, RR and RD (appearing as column headers).
Sex and SES characteristics Number of cases ASIR 95% confidence interval RR 95% confidence interval RD 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Both sexes  
Educational attainment  
Less than secondary graduation 17,760 113.6 111.9 115.4 2.52 2.38 2.68 68.6 65.5 71.7
Secondary graduation 8,750 88.3 86.5 90.2 1.96 1.85 2.08 43.3 40.1 46.4
At least some postsecondary 2,255 60.0 57.5 62.6 1.33 1.24 1.43 15.0 11.4 18.6
University degreeNote † 1,310 45.0 42.5 47.6 1.00 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Income adequacy quintile (Q)  
Q1 (lowest) 7,324 122.2 119.3 125.2 1.82 1.76 1.90 55.2 51.7 58.8
Q2 7,174 105.2 102.6 107.8 1.57 1.51 1.63 38.2 35.0 41.5
Q3 5,686 92.5 90.1 95.0 1.38 1.33 1.44 25.6 22.4 28.7
Q4 5,091 81.0 78.8 83.3 1.21 1.16 1.26 14.1 11.0 17.1
Q5 (highest)Note † 4,800 67.0 65.0 69.0 1.00 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Occupation  
ManagerialNote † 1,072 50.4 46.2 54.9 1.00 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Professional 1,494 75.8 70.3 81.7 1.50 1.34 1.69 25.4 18.2 32.6
Skilled/Technical/Supervisory 4,760 80.5 77.7 83.4 1.60 1.46 1.76 30.2 24.9 35.4
Semi-skilled 4,880 88.1 84.6 91.8 1.75 1.59 1.93 37.8 32.1 43.4
Unskilled 2,210 104.6 99.0 110.6 2.08 1.87 2.30 54.3 47.0 61.5
No occupation 15,659 110.8 108.2 113.3 2.20 2.01 2.41 60.4 55.3 65.4
Men  
Educational attainment  
Less than secondary graduation 11,583 149.1 146.3 152.0 2.78 2.59 2.98 95.4 90.9 100.0
Secondary graduation 5,618 114.2 111.1 117.3 2.13 1.98 2.28 60.5 55.8 65.2
At least some postsecondary 1,072 81.8 76.7 87.2 1.52 1.39 1.67 28.1 21.7 34.4
University degreeNote † 946 53.7 50.3 57.4 1.00 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Income adequacy quintile (Q)  
Q1 (lowest) 4,155 172.9 167.6 178.3 2.11 2.01 2.22 91.1 84.9 97.3
Q2 4,859 143.3 139.2 147.7 1.75 1.67 1.84 61.6 56.3 66.8
Q3 3,775 120.4 116.6 124.4 1.47 1.4 1.55 38.7 33.7 43.6
Q4 3,320 102.6 99.0 106.3 1.25 1.19 1.32 20.8 16.0 25.6
Q5 (highest)Note † 3,110 81.8 78.7 84.9 1.00 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Occupation  
ManagerialNote † 639 57.1 51.5 63.3 1.00 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Professional 1,160 79.4 73.0 86.3 1.39 1.22 1.59 22.3 13.5 31.2
Skilled/Technical/Supervisory 3,461 94.2 90.4 98.3 1.65 1.48 1.85 37.2 30.1 44.3
Semi-skilled 2,884 117.6 111.4 124.1 2.06 1.83 2.31 60.5 51.8 69.2
Unskilled 1,507 130.3 121.7 139.5 2.28 2.02 2.58 73.2 62.6 83.9
No occupation 9,568 174.7 168.3 181.4 3.06 2.74 3.42 117.7 108.9 126.5
Women  
Educational attainment  
Less than secondary graduation 6,177 81.8 79.6 84.0 2.70 2.41 3.03 51.5 47.5 55.5
Secondary graduation 3,132 63.5 61.3 65.7 2.10 1.87 2.36 33.2 29.2 37.2
At least some postsecondary 1,183 49.1 46.3 52.0 1.62 1.43 1.84 18.8 14.5 23.2
University degreeNote † 364 30.3 27.1 33.8 1.00 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Income adequacy quintile (Q)  
Q1 (lowest) 3,169 90.7 87.3 94.2 1.81 1.7 1.93 40.7 36.4 44.9
Q2 2,315 69.8 66.9 72.9 1.40 1.31 1.49 19.8 15.9 23.7
Q3 1,911 63.8 61.0 66.8 1.28 1.19 1.36 13.8 10.0 17.6
Q4 1,771 58.0 55.3 60.8 1.16 1.08 1.24 8.0 4.3 11.7
Occupation  
ManagerialNote † 433 37.6 32.0 44.2 1.00 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Professional 334 60.9 51.0 72.7 1.62 1.27 2.06 23.2 10.9 35.6
Skilled/Technical/Supervisory 1,299 54.0 50.4 57.8 1.43 1.20 1.71 16.4 9.3 23.5
Semi-skilled 1,996 59.9 56.4 63.5 1.59 1.34 1.89 22.2 15.2 29.3
Unskilled 703 68.5 62.0 75.8 1.82 1.51 2.20 30.9 21.7 40.1
No occupation 6,091 77.8 75.2 80.4 2.07 1.75 2.44 40.2 33.6 46.8
... not applicable
Note †

reference group (RR = 1.00 and RD = 0.0)

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Note: Reference population for age-standardization was from 1991 Canadian population.
Source: 1991 Canadian Census Cohort: mortality and cancer follow-up.
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