Title: Lung Cancer Rates by State | Compensation for Lung Cancer Victims
Headings: Lung Cancer Rates by State, 2017
Lung Cancer Rates by State, 2017
Comparing Cancer Data
Racial and Ethical Population Differences
Population and Health Behaviors
Differences in Medical Care
Influence of Aging
Measuring Burden
Completeness of Incidence Data

Content: Differences in Medical Care
Variations in medical care among states may also result in differences in cancer rates. In states where higher percentages of people participate in cancer screenings, more cancers are diagnosed early when the prognosis is often better. Influence of Aging
The likelihood of cancer increases with age; therefore, rates are adjusted for age so that states can be compared without regard to the differences in the age distribution of their populations. Measuring Burden
The importance of cancer as a public health problem in a state is more the absolute rate of cancer rather than the state’s relative ranking in incidence or mortality. For example, Utah has proportionately fewer smokers than other states and also has the lowest lung cancer incidence among the states however, in Utah more people die from lung cancer than from any other cancer. Completeness of Incidence Data
States contribute cancer incidence data if their registries collected 90% or more of the cancers diagnosed. Because states vary in their completeness from 90% - 100%, rankings may vary slightly because of differences in reporting completeness. Area


Age-Adjusted Rate


Case Count


Population

Kentucky
87.0
4,933
4,453,874
West Virginia
81.3
2,176
1,817,048
Mississippi
71.7
2,647
2,989,663
Arkansas
71.4
2,777
3,002,997
Tennessee
70.9
6,044
6,708,794
Missouri
70.8
5,625
6,108,612
Maine
68.4
1,392
1,335,063
Indiana
66.2
5,379
6,660,082

Ohio


63.8


9,742


11,664,129


Louisiana


63.4


3,564


4,670,818


North Carolina


62.9


8,093


10,270,800


Iowa


62.8


2,557


3,143,637


Oklahoma


61.9


2,965


3,932,640


Rhode Island


61.8


859


1,056,486


Pennsylvania


61.7


10,929


12,790,447


Alabama


61.7


3,927


4,875,120


South Carolina


61.6


4,137


5,021,219


Illinois


61.2


9,429


12,786,196


New Hampshire


60.5


1,137


1,349,767


North Dakota


60.2


522


755,176


Michigan


60.1


7,887


9,976,447


Georgia


59.9


6,929


10,413,055


Massachusetts


58.8


5,141


6,863,246


Connecticut


58.7


2,792


3,573,880


New York


58.3


14,364


19,590,719


Delaware


56.7


761


957,078


Vermont


56.5


506


624,525


Wisconsin


56.0


4,234


5,792,051


South Dakota


55.9


601


873,286


Maryland


54.6


3,947


6,024,891


Nebraska


54.6


1,256


1,917,575


Florida


54.2


17,068


20,976,812


Minnesota


53.7


3,642


5,568,155


Alaska


52.9


363


739,786


Kansas


52.7


1,855


2,910,689


New Jersey


51.4


5,743


8,888,543


Virginia


51.3


5,219


8,465,207


Washington


49.6


4,349


7,425,432


Nevada


48.5


1,709


2,972,405


Oregon


48.4


2,640


4,146,592


Texas


47.8


13,427


28,322,717


Montana


47.4


692


1,053,090


Idaho


46.9


961


1,718,904


Hawaii


44.7


858


1,424,203


Arizona


43.3


3,968


7,048,876


District of Columbia


42.8


296


695,691


Colorado


39.8


2,418


5,615,902


Wyoming


39.6


281


578,934


California


38.8


16,803


39,399,349


New Mexico


33.7


905


2,093,395


Utah


25.1


672


3,103,118