TABLE 1

Demographics of enrolees in 2010 and incident patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), overall and by subgroup

Optum enrolees in 2010IPF cohort
Primary cohort incident patientsBroad case subgroupNarrow case subgroup
Subjects n9 375 020420626701685
Age (mean) at diagnosis years41.753.452.753.6
Age at diagnosis years
 18–3431.85.36.34.7
 35–4423.111.613.012.1
 45–5425.426.727.025.6
 55–6419.856.453.757.6
Female51.650.651.752.7
Census region
 New England17.918.216.917.6
 Middle Atlantic13.715.517.918.2
 South Atlantic20.723.123.924.7
 East South Central2.73.13.33.6
 West South Central14.915.915.714.1
 East North Central11.010.39.19.7
 West North Central8.05.04.64.3
 Mountain6.05.45.24.6
 Pacific5.23.33.53.2
 Other/unknown0.00.20.20.1
  • Data are presented as %, unless otherwise stated.