Thursday, August 28, 2008

Lung Cancer Kills!!

This is straight from the CDC...

More people die from lung cancer than any other type of cancer. This is true for both men and women. In 2004 (the most recent year for which statistics are currently available), lung cancer accounted for more deaths than breast cancer, prostate cancer, and colon cancer combined.† In that year,

108,355 men and 87,897 women were diagnosed with lung cancer

89,575 men and 68,431 women died from lung cancer

Among men in the United States, lung cancer is the second most common cancer among white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native men, and the third most common cancer among Hispanic men. Among women in the United States, lung cancer is the second most common cancer among white and American Indian/Alaska Native women, and the third most common cancer among black, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Hispanic women.

1 comment:

South Carolina Lung Cancer Advocacy said...

For more facts, read the 2007 Report Card on Lung Cancer by the Lung Cancer Alliance. http://www.lungcanceralliance.org/involved/reportcard.html