Lung Cancer Death Rate (per 100,000)
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women in the United States and the third most common cause of death overall for women. The chance that a woman will develop lung cancer in her lifetime is about 1 in 16. For cigarette smokers however, the risk is much higher.1
How many women die from lung cancer?
Because there are large gender differences in lung cancer death rates, and the Healthy People 2010 benchmark is not specific to women, the Report Card benchmark of 18.1 deaths per 100,000 women is based upon a modification of the Healthy People goal [Healthy People 2010 Objective 3-2], to make it more applicable to women (as described in the Methodology section).
| State | State Overall Data | State Grade | State Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 41.4 | F | 26 |
| Alaska | 44.6 | F | 39 |
| Arizona | 36.0 | F | 8 |
| Arkansas | 48.0 | F | 46 |
| California | 34.2 | U | 6 |
| Colorado | 33.3 | U | 4 |
| Connecticut | 39.8 | F | 20 |
| Delaware | 51.1 | F | 50 |
| District of Columbia | 39.6 | F | 18 |
| Florida | 40.2 | F | 21 |
| Georgia | 40.2 | F | 21 |
| Hawaii | 27.3 | S- | 2 |
| Idaho | 34.1 | U | 5 |
| Illinois | 40.8 | F | 24 |
| Indiana | 47.7 | F | 44 |
| Iowa | 38.8 | F | 15 |
| Kansas | 42.7 | F | 29 |
| Kentucky | 56.4 | F | 51 |
| Louisiana | 44.4 | F | 37 |
| Maine | 47.7 | F | 44 |
| Maryland | 42.7 | F | 29 |
| Massachusetts | 44.2 | F | 36 |
| Michigan | 43.4 | F | 34 |
| Minnesota | 37.0 | F | 12 |
| Mississippi | 43.4 | F | 34 |
| Missouri | 47.2 | F | 43 |
| Montana | 42.7 | F | 29 |
| Nebraska | 35.2 | U | 7 |
| Nevada | 50.8 | F | 49 |
| New Hampshire | 44.4 | F | 37 |
| New Jersey | 39.2 | F | 16 |
| New Mexico | 27.9 | U | 3 |
| New York | 36.3 | F | 11 |
| North Carolina | 43.0 | F | 32 |
| North Dakota | 36.0 | F | 8 |
| Ohio | 45.3 | F | 40 |
| Oklahoma | 46.6 | F | 42 |
| Oregon | 46.3 | F | 41 |
| Pennsylvania | 40.8 | F | 24 |
| Rhode Island | 42.0 | F | 28 |
| South Carolina | 40.6 | F | 23 |
| South Dakota | 37.8 | F | 13 |
| Tennessee | 49.8 | F | 47 |
| Texas | 37.9 | F | 14 |
| Utah | 18.1 | S | 1 |
| Vermont | 39.6 | F | 18 |
| Virginia | 41.8 | F | 27 |
| Washington | 43.3 | F | 33 |
| West Virginia | 49.9 | F | 48 |
| Wisconsin | 39.2 | F | 16 |
| Wyoming | 36.0 | F | 8 |
Data Source: Lung Cancer Death Rate (per 100,000 population), 2004-2006.
EXPLANATION: Lung cancer includes malignant neoplasms of the trachea, bronchus, and lung. Lung cancer death rates for women are three-year averages and are per 100,000 estimated population. Death rates for all ages include deaths occurring at any age, and are age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. Health Data Interactive. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hdi.htm.
Footnotes
1 American Cancer Society, “What are the Key Statistics about Lung Cancer?,” October, 2009, available at http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_1x_what_are_the_key_st...
