Lung Cancer Risk by Age

The risk of getting lung cancer increases with age and is greater in men than in women. The tables below shows the percentage of men or women (how many out of 100) who will get lung cancer over different time periods. The time periods are based on the person's current age.

For example, go to the men's current age 60. The table shows 2.27% of men who are now 60 years old will get lung cancer sometime during the next 10 years. That is, 2 or 3 out of every 100 men who are 60 years old today will get lung cancer by the age of 70.

Source: Howlader N, Noone AM, Krapcho M, Neyman N, Aminou R, Altekruse SF, Kosary CL, Ruhl J, Tatalovich Z, Cho H, Mariotto A, Eisner MP, Lewis DR, Chen HS, Feuer EJ, Cronin KA (eds). SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975–2009 (Vintage 2009 Populations), National Cancer Institute. Bethesda, MD, http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2009_pops09/browse_csr.php?section=15&page=sect_15_table.19.html, based on November 2011 SEER data submission, posted to the SEER Web site, April 2012.

Source: Howlader N, Noone AM, Krapcho M, Neyman N, Aminou R, Altekruse SF, Kosary CL, Ruhl J, Tatalovich Z, Cho H, Mariotto A, Eisner MP, Lewis DR, Chen HS, Feuer EJ, Cronin KA (eds). SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975–2009 (Vintage 2009 Populations), National Cancer Institute. Bethesda, MD, http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2009_pops09/browse_csr.php?section=15&page=sect_15_table.20.html, based on November 2011 SEER data submission, posted to the SEER Web site, April 2012.