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The Lung Cancer Stat Bite provides an overview of incidence, deaths, stage distribution, and 5-year relative survival. The Data Visualizations tool makes it easy for anyone to explore and use the latest official federal government cancer data from United States Cancer Statistics.
Lung cancer is by far the leading cause of cancer death in the US, accounting for about 1 in 5 of all cancer deaths. Each year, more people die of lung cancer than of colon , breast, and prostate cancers combined.
In 2021, 134,592 people died from lung cancer, or 22% of all cancer deaths. 71,549 of these deaths were among men and 62,955 among women. The lung cancer death in 2021 was 37% higher among men (37.4 per 100,000 population) than women (27.3 per 100,000).
WONDER Online Database, compiled from Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2021. Rates are per 100,000 and age-adjusted to the 1940 U.S. standard population for years 1979 to 1998 and the 2000 U.S. standard population for years 1999 to 2021.
Who Dies From This Cancer? Death rates for lung cancer are higher among the middle-aged and older populations. Lung and bronchus cancer is the first leading cause of cancer death in the United States. The death rate was 32.4 per 100,000 men and women per year based on 2018–2022 deaths, age-adjusted.
leading cause of cancer deaths among both women and men, over the past five years, the survival rate has increased by a dramatic 13% to 22.6%. For the first time, this year’s “State of Lung Cancer” report explores the lung cancer burden among racial and ethnic minority groups at the national and state levels.
GLOBOCAN 2020 estimates of cancer incidence and mortality produced by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) show as lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death, with an estimated 1.8 million deaths (18%) in 2020.
Lung cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in both men and women but the most common cause of cancer death, leading to more deaths in 2020 than breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers combined. This burden disproportionately affects people with lower socioeconomic status.
Based on the most recent data available, in the United States in 2021, 209,500 new lung cancers were reported and in 2022, 131,888 people died from lung cancer. Incidence and death rates, by sex. Males had higher rates than females of getting and dying from lung cancer. Stage distribution.
Lung cancer deaths. The following 3 tables show total global lung cancer mortality in 2022, followed by the figures for men and women. Hungary had the highest overall mortality rate from lung cancer in 2022, followed by Turkey.