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: Lung Cancer Rates by State | Compensation for Lung Cancer Victims
Lung Cancer Rates by State, 2017
In 2017, 221,121 new cases of lung cancer were reported, and 145,849 people died of lung cancer. The numbers outlined below are from 2017, the latest year for which lung cancer data is available, in the United States at the time of this publication. For every 100,000 people, 55 new lung cancer cases were reported and 37 people died of this cancer. You can view lung cancer rates by state in the table below. 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
Source: U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. U.S. Cancer Statistics Data Visualizations Tool, based on 2019 submission data (1999-2017): U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute; www.cdc.gov/cancer/dataviz, released in June 2020. Comparing Cancer Data
When reviewing a state’s lung cancer rates, it is common for people to question and look for explanations as to why their state has a higher incidence or death rate as compared to other states or to the national average.