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The Burden of Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors: National and State Perspectives 2004

Section II

The Burden of Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer, and Diabetes, United States

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Lung Cancer

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society, a single behavior—cigarette smoking—is responsible for more than 8 of every 10 cases of lung cancer. Preventing and reducing cigarette smoking are key to reducing illness and death from lung cancer.

  • Lung cancer accounts for 28% of all cancer deaths. More than 155,900 people died of lung cancer in 2001.
  • Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among men; 58% of lung cancer deaths are among men.
  • African Americans have the highest rate of death from lung cancer, and Hispanics have the lowest.
  • Lung cancer is also the leading cause of cancer death among women; it surpassed breast cancer in 1987.
  • The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 160,400 new cases of lung cancer will be diagnosed in 2004.

Lung Cancer: 2001 Death Rate*

Lung Cancer: 2001 Death Rate

* Deaths per 100,000, age adjusted to 2000 total U.S. population. ICD–10 codes: C34.

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Deaths Due to Lung Cancer, By Sex, 2001

State Total Male Female
  Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
ALABAMA 2912 62.5 1852 95.8 1060 39.7
ALASKA 197 54.4 109 64.2 88 46.6
ARIZONA 2440 45.6 1337 55.6 1103 37.6
ARKANSAS 2003 68.1 1295 102.5 708 42.7
CALIFORNIA 13992 46.9 7578 58.9 6414 38.2
COLORADO 1483 41.5 788 51.5 695 34.7
CONNECTICUT 1846 49.4 968 61.9 878 41.2
DELAWARE 521 63.5 275 78.4 246 53.0
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 314 55.8 186 82.7 128 37.8
FLORIDA 11793 56.2 6763 72.8 5030 42.9
GEORGIA 4191 61.2 2599 91.1 1592 40.7
HAWAII 475 36.5 287 48.4 188 26.4
IDAHO 537 44.5 311 57.0 226 34.2
ILLINOIS 6793 56.5 3960 78.8 2833 41.0
INDIANA 3935 65.0 2382 93.4 1553 45.3
IOWA 1712 51.5 998 70.3 714 38.1
KANSAS 1555 56.2 914 77.1 641 41.2
KENTUCKY 3340 80.8 2089 120.0 1251 53.5
LOUISIANA 2890 68.7 1782 100.6 1108 45.9
MAINE 860 58.6 492 79.1 368 44.7
MARYLAND 2889 57.2 1618 75.8 1271 44.0
MASSACHUSETTS 3693 54.2 1922 68.3 1771 45.0
MICHIGAN 5642 57.0 3182 75.4 2460 44.3
MINNESOTA 2270 47.2 1271 60.8 999 37.1
MISSISSIPPI 1904 69.0 1240 107.3 664 41.9
MISSOURI 3755 63.0 2236 88.3 1519 45.1
MONTANA 577 58.9 321 73.4 256 48.2
NEBRASKA 945 52.7 561 72.1 384 38.2
NEVADA 1200 63.5 668 76.2 532 53.2
NEW HAMPSHIRE 648 52.6 341 64.3 307 44.5
NEW JERSEY 4698 52.7 2605 70.3 2093 40.6
NEW MEXICO 657 37.6 384 49.6 273 28.4
NEW YORK 9517 48.5 5206 64.4 4311 37.9
NORTH CAROLINA 4901 61.3 3024 90.6 1877 41.1
NORTH DAKOTA 348 48.8 206 65.2 142 35.9
OHIO 7186 60.2 4261 84.9 2925 42.9
OKLAHOMA 2317 63.9 1402 90.3 915 45.1
OREGON 1955 54.9 1041 66.4 914 46.5
PENNSYLVANIA 8037 54.9 4698 76.7 3339 39.7
RHODE ISLAND 648 55.2 373 76.6 275 40.5
SOUTH CAROLINA 2540 62.4 1631 94.1 909 39.5
SOUTH DAKOTA 411 49.8 262 71.9 149 33.0
TENNESSEE 3988 68.8 2553 104.1 1435 43.4
TEXAS 9395 53.8 5620 74.9 3775 38.3
UTAH 371 23.2 244 34.0 127 14.5
VERMONT 345 53.8 211 77.2 134 37.3
VIRGINIA 3764 56.2 2119 75.1 1645 43.1
WASHINGTON 3049 55.2 1643 68.0 1406 45.9
WEST VIRGINIA 1555 72.0 867 94.2 688 55.8
WISCONSIN 2743 49.2 1554 64.9 1189 37.9
WYOMING 232 48.4 134 62.8 98 37.5
             
UNITED STATES 155969 55.2 90363 74.9 65606 41.0
             
* Deaths per 100,000, age adjusted to 2000 total US population.

 

Deaths Due to Lung Cancer, By Race and Ethnicity, 2001

State White Black Asian /Pacific Islander American Indian/Alaska Native Hispanic
  Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
ALABAMA 2348 63.7 547 59.8 - - - - - -
ALASKA 150 53.4 - - - - 36 72.4 - -
ARIZONA 2207 48.9 55 56.6 23 38.9 - - 141 27.9
ARKANSAS 1809 69.9 186 61.0 - - - - - -
CALIFORNIA 10891 54.0 1074 64.9 1022 32.0 52 33.9 953 21.7
COLORADO 1317 42.7 63 65.2 - - - - 84 26.9
CONNECTICUT 1691 50.5 112 53.8 - - - - 34 29.1
DELAWARE 441 63.4 75 73.2 - - - - - -
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 72 45.2 239 64.7 - - - - - -
FLORIDA 10303 61.6 815 51.7 34 18.9 - - 636 26.7
GEORGIA 3334 64.1 829 56.8 - - - - - -
HAWAII 123 37.3 - - 325 35.3 - - 21 57.0
IDAHO 530 45.7 - - - - - - - -
ILLINOIS 5672 57.8 972 71.3 49 18.6 - - 93 19.8
INDIANA 3630 65.3 283 77.1 - - - - - -
IOWA 1672 51.5 29 89.2 - - - - - -
KANSAS 1431 55.9 89 87.4 - - - - - -
KENTUCKY 3135 81.0 189 87.4 - - - - - -
LOUISIANA 2092 68.3 771 74.6 - - - - - -
MAINE 854 58.9 - - - - - - - -
MARYLAND 2193 58.2 657 63.3 26 19.1 - - - -
MASSACHUSETTS 3500 55.7 117 50.0 42 30.2 - - 34 24.4
MICHIGAN 4813 56.0 736 69.7 21 25.0 37 110.4 35 31.1
MINNESOTA 2171 46.9 41 67.6 - - 29 94.4 - -
MISSISSIPPI 1417 70.6 484 66.8 - - - - - -
MISSOURI 3374 62.6 347 75.1 - - - - - -
MONTANA 541 57.6 - - - - 31 119.4 - -
NEBRASKA 898 52.7 30 79.1 - - - - - -
NEVADA 1090 69.1 64 72.2 23 29.7 - - - -
NEW HAMPSHIRE 644 53.2 - - - - - - - -
NEW JERSEY 3979 55.5 547 63.6 50 18.2 - - 119 20.5
NEW MEXICO 492 45.0 - - - - - - 141 26.9
NEW YORK 7860 52.9 1097 47.2 173 23.5 - - 381 22.9
NORTH CAROLINA 3999 61.9 842 62.5 - - 38 55.5 - -
NORTH DAKOTA 330 47.5 - - - - - - - -
OHIO 6420 59.9 724 71.1 21 31.8 - - - -
OKLAHOMA 2115 66.8 105 59.7 - - 81 43.6 - -
OREGON 1888 56.3 21 62.1 - - - - - -
PENNSYLVANIA 7217 54.1 747 73.6 23 16.8 - - 50 31.8
RHODE ISLAND 616 56.3 - - - - - - - -
SOUTH CAROLINA 1986 64.3 539 57.2 - - - - - -
SOUTH DAKOTA 391 49.4 - - - - - - - -
TENNESSEE 3486 68.8 489 75.6 - - - - - -
TEXAS 7402 60.4 1117 70.3 81 28.6 - - 790 25.3
UTAH 353 23.6 - - - - - - - -
VERMONT 345 54.5 - - - - - - - -
VIRGINIA 3054 57.1 647 60.6 35 24.3 - - 26 25.7
WASHINGTON 2863 57.1 61 63.5 74 33.9 29 51.2 22 18.5
WEST VIRGINIA 1518 72.8 35 63.8 - - - - - -
WISCONSIN 2596 48.9 118 79.0 - - - - - -
WYOMING 225 49.6 - - - - - - - -
                     
UNITED STATES 133478 57.7 15941 63.6 2196 28.3 542 39.0 3812 23.6
                     
* Deaths per 100,000, age adjusted to 2000 total US population. Dashes indicate too few deaths (20 or fewer) to calculate a stable estimate.

 

  



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