Lung Cancer Statistics
Published on Mar 10 2010, in the categories: Facts, graphs
Lung cancer, the most common cause of cancer-related death in men and women, is responsible for at least 1.3 million deaths worldwide annually. Lung cancer statistics are alarming. The disease is currently responsible for 29% of cancer deaths in the United States and it’s responsible for more deaths than breast cancer, colon cancer, and prostate cancer combined. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths for both men and women.
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In 2005, lung cancer statistics showed that 107,416 men were diagnosed with lung cancer, and 90,139 died. In the same year, 82,271 were women diagnosed with this type of cancer, and 69,078 died and only about 400,000 lung cancer survivors are living in the United States. The overall 5-year survival rate for all stages of lung cancer is 13.7% for men and 18.3% for women. On January 1, 2006, in the United States there were approximately 171,522 men and 193,474 women who had a history of lung cancer.
The average age at which lung cancer is diagnosed is 71. Less than 3% of lung cancers diagnosed are under the age of 45. For example, between 2002 and 2006, the median age at diagnosis for cancer of the lung and bronchus was 71. Approximately 0.0% were diagnosed under age 20; 0.2% between 20 and 34; 1.8% between 35 and 44; 8.8% between 45 and 54; 21.0% between 55 and 64; 31.4% between 65 and 74; 29.1% between 75 and 84; and 7.7% 85+ years of age.
Anyway, lung cancer does occur in young adults and even children. The overall risk of developing lung cancer during your lifetime is 1 in 13 for men, and 1 in 16 for women.
The fact is that over half of lung cancers are diagnosed at an advanced stage. Only 16% are diagnosed at the earliest stage, 25% are diagnosed after they have spread beyond the primary site to lymph nodes and 51% are diagnosed after they have spread to distant regions of the body.
Smoking is considered the cause of lung cancer in 90% on men, and 80% of women diagnosed with the disease. Men who smoke are 23 times more likely to develop lung cancer than men who do not smoke. Even though smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, the majority of people currently diagnosed with lung cancer do not smoke; 50% of these cancers occur in former smokers, and 15% in those who have never smoked.
Based on rates from 2004-2006, 6.96% of men and women born today will be diagnosed with cancer of the lung some time during their life. 2.97% of men will develop cancer of the lung between their 50th and 70th birthdays and 2.29% of the women. In 2009, 219,440 new cases and 159,390 deaths of lung cancer were estimated in the United States. It is estimated that 116,090 men and 103,350 women will be diagnosed with, and 159,390 men and women will die of cancer of the lung in 2009.
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In 2005, lung cancer statistics showed that 107,416 men were diagnosed with lung cancer, and 90,139 died. In the same year, 82,271 were women diagnosed with this type of cancer, and 69,078 died and only about 400,000 lung cancer survivors are living in the United States. The overall 5-year survival rate for all stages of lung cancer is 13.7% for men and 18.3% for women. On January 1, 2006, in the United States there were approximately 171,522 men and 193,474 women who had a history of lung cancer.
The average age at which lung cancer is diagnosed is 71. Less than 3% of lung cancers diagnosed are under the age of 45. For example, between 2002 and 2006, the median age at diagnosis for cancer of the lung and bronchus was 71. Approximately 0.0% were diagnosed under age 20; 0.2% between 20 and 34; 1.8% between 35 and 44; 8.8% between 45 and 54; 21.0% between 55 and 64; 31.4% between 65 and 74; 29.1% between 75 and 84; and 7.7% 85+ years of age.
Anyway, lung cancer does occur in young adults and even children. The overall risk of developing lung cancer during your lifetime is 1 in 13 for men, and 1 in 16 for women.
The fact is that over half of lung cancers are diagnosed at an advanced stage. Only 16% are diagnosed at the earliest stage, 25% are diagnosed after they have spread beyond the primary site to lymph nodes and 51% are diagnosed after they have spread to distant regions of the body.
Smoking is considered the cause of lung cancer in 90% on men, and 80% of women diagnosed with the disease. Men who smoke are 23 times more likely to develop lung cancer than men who do not smoke. Even though smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, the majority of people currently diagnosed with lung cancer do not smoke; 50% of these cancers occur in former smokers, and 15% in those who have never smoked.
Based on rates from 2004-2006, 6.96% of men and women born today will be diagnosed with cancer of the lung some time during their life. 2.97% of men will develop cancer of the lung between their 50th and 70th birthdays and 2.29% of the women. In 2009, 219,440 new cases and 159,390 deaths of lung cancer were estimated in the United States. It is estimated that 116,090 men and 103,350 women will be diagnosed with, and 159,390 men and women will die of cancer of the lung in 2009.
Deaths by type of cancer, 2004, The Netherlands
Graphs Of Lung Cancer In The United States
Published on Mar 09 2010, in the categories: graphs
Graphs concerning lung cancer in the United States are cruel . Lung cancer is the most common form of cancer and it is responsible of the majority cases of death all over the world , including also United States . The annual number of cases reaches 220 000 people . Each year , over 170 000 people are killed by this disease and the number has been growing very much during the last few years .
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The lung cancer was considered to be a men’s illness but the saying has been removed lately because of the greater number of women patients . It is believed that this phenomenon occurred because the majority of the tobacco companies carried out all kind of marketing strategies and developed all kind of new products such as slims and light cigarettes to attract also women not only men.
More than 90% of the discovered cases are caused by smoking . Smokers have a greater chance to develop this disease than non-smokers ; the risk to develop this lung affection is almost double among the smokers . What is even more important is that not only smokers are affected by lung cancer but also the people that inhale the smoke named passive-smokers . The average in US is about 87% : 90% women and 85% men . It is a very rough disease because 85% of the discovered cased die within the first 5 years . This number is so big because lung cancer is really hard to detect in early stages . Most of the patients are diagnosed with advanced levels of cancer . The majority of patients who develop the lung cancer are about fifty or sixty years old and they have a large history of smoking . Statistical , eight out of ten diagnosed cases with lung cancer occur in people over sixty years old .
Lung cancer may have other causes such as : radon gas , asbestos , viruses , particulate matter but none of this has registered so many infected person with lung cancer such as smoking . Even more , only 10 or extremely rarely 15% of the discovered cases are non-smokers . And what is even worse is that the passive smokers are not included in this percentage ; they are part of the 85-90% of the percentage assigned to smokers because they do inhale smoke even if they are actually do not smoke . Lately , doctors have even developed a theory according to which the passive smokers are affected rapidly than smokers and that the quantity of toxins inhaled in this way is much bigger than the one inhaled by the people who smoke .
The rate of mortality , the fact that lung cancer is the most common cancer in the United States have not managed to convince the smokers to stop smoking . The number of campaigns carried out have failed and nothing seems to have the power to prevent people from getting this terrible disease .
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The lung cancer was considered to be a men’s illness but the saying has been removed lately because of the greater number of women patients . It is believed that this phenomenon occurred because the majority of the tobacco companies carried out all kind of marketing strategies and developed all kind of new products such as slims and light cigarettes to attract also women not only men.
More than 90% of the discovered cases are caused by smoking . Smokers have a greater chance to develop this disease than non-smokers ; the risk to develop this lung affection is almost double among the smokers . What is even more important is that not only smokers are affected by lung cancer but also the people that inhale the smoke named passive-smokers . The average in US is about 87% : 90% women and 85% men . It is a very rough disease because 85% of the discovered cased die within the first 5 years . This number is so big because lung cancer is really hard to detect in early stages . Most of the patients are diagnosed with advanced levels of cancer . The majority of patients who develop the lung cancer are about fifty or sixty years old and they have a large history of smoking . Statistical , eight out of ten diagnosed cases with lung cancer occur in people over sixty years old .
Lung cancer may have other causes such as : radon gas , asbestos , viruses , particulate matter but none of this has registered so many infected person with lung cancer such as smoking . Even more , only 10 or extremely rarely 15% of the discovered cases are non-smokers . And what is even worse is that the passive smokers are not included in this percentage ; they are part of the 85-90% of the percentage assigned to smokers because they do inhale smoke even if they are actually do not smoke . Lately , doctors have even developed a theory according to which the passive smokers are affected rapidly than smokers and that the quantity of toxins inhaled in this way is much bigger than the one inhaled by the people who smoke .
The rate of mortality , the fact that lung cancer is the most common cancer in the United States have not managed to convince the smokers to stop smoking . The number of campaigns carried out have failed and nothing seems to have the power to prevent people from getting this terrible disease .
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