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Lung Cancer Age-Adjusted Incidence Rates by Site, Race and Sex, 1975-2017

Lung Cancer Age-Adjusted Incidence Rates1 by Site, Race and Sex, 1975-2017

Year/Site Total Males Females
1975 52.2 89.5 24.5
1976 55.4 93.8 27.3
1977 56.7 95.5 28.3
1978 57.8 96.7 29.6
1979 58.6 95.8 31.6
1980 60.7 100.0 32.2
1981 62.0 99.4 35.1
1982 63.3 100.7 36.7
1983 63.5 99.5 37.9
1984 65.5 102.1 39.5
1985 64.6 98.6 40.3
1986 65.8 99.0 42.3
1987 67.9 101.5 44.2
1988 68.0 98.7 46.3
1989 67.5 97.9 46.1
1990 68.1 96.9 47.8
1991 69.2 97.2 49.6
1992 69.5 97.2 49.9
1993 67.8 94.0 49.2
1994 67.2 90.9 50.5
1995 66.9 89.8 50.4
1996 66.5 88.0 51.2
1997 66.6 86.3 52.6
1998 67.6 88.0 53.0
1999 65.8 84.6 52.5
2000 64.1 82.1 51.2
2001 64.1 81.4 51.7
2002 64.1 80.4 52.5
2003 64.8 81.0 53.1
2004 62.2 76.3 52.0
2005 63.0 75.8 53.8
2006 62.3 74.3 53.4
2007 62.1 73.7 53.6
2008 60.4 72.1 51.8
2009 60.0 70.6 52.2
2010 57.7 67.9 50.0
2011 56.2 65.6 49.3
2012 55.2 64.0 48.7
2013 53.9 61.5 48.2
2014 52.4 59.4 47.3
2015 51.0 57.8 45.9
2016 50.2 57.0 45.1
2017 49.5 55.4 45.1
Year/Site Total Males Females
1975 51.9 89.2 24.8
1976 54.6 92.7 27.3
1977 55.9 94.7 28.1
1978 57.3 95.9 29.9
1979 58.0 95.2 31.6
1980 59.4 97.7 32.4
1981 61.5 98.4 35.5
1982 63.1 99.7 37.7
1983 63.0 97.6 39.1
1984 64.3 99.9 39.6
1985 64.0 96.8 40.9
1986 65.1 97.3 42.9
1987 68.1 100.7 45.5
1988 68.2 97.9 47.7
1989 67.5 97.0 47.2
1990 68.2 96.1 49.0
1991 69.0 95.9 50.6
1992 68.9 94.9 51.0
1993 67.8 92.5 50.6
1994 67.3 90.1 51.6
1995 67.1 88.0 52.4
1996 66.8 86.7 53.0
1997 67.2 84.8 54.9
1998 68.0 86.6 55.0
1999 66.3 83.2 54.4
2000 64.6 80.8 53.2
2001 65.0 81.0 53.4
2002 64.8 79.8 54.2
2003 65.5 79.5 55.7
2004 62.8 75.3 53.8
2005 64.0 75.6 55.8
2006 62.8 73.1 55.3
2007 63.1 72.8 56.0
2008 61.1 70.7 54.2
2009 60.6 69.6 54.1
2010 58.8 67.7 52.1
2011 57.2 65.2 51.3
2012 55.6 62.9 50.3
2013 54.6 60.6 50.2
2014 53.6 59.3 49.5
2015 51.9 57.1 47.9
2016 51.0 56.3 47.1
2017 50.2 54.7 47.0
Year/Site Total Males Females
1975 64.5 114.7 24.7
1976 72.3 131.0 28.6
1977 73.6 124.9 33.9
1978 74.4 130.5 31.5
1979 74.5 127.7 34.1
1980 86.6 151.4 38.3
1981 82.3 143.0 37.5
1982 80.4 141.1 35.7
1983 86.6 151.3 39.5
1984 92.9 158.8 44.8
1985 89.6 149.7 46.0
1986 92.9 156.3 48.7
1987 84.8 143.6 43.3
1988 88.1 144.9 48.1
1989 89.0 142.8 51.4
1990 86.8 137.2 52.1
1991 93.1 144.8 57.0
1992 94.0 148.7 56.1
1993 86.4 135.4 52.5
1994 87.2 131.4 56.5
1995 85.9 138.9 50.1
1996 84.5 128.4 55.5
1997 82.3 129.5 50.5
1998 87.6 131.0 58.3
1999 84.5 122.3 58.9
2000 80.4 114.8 57.6
2001 80.5 114.3 57.7
2002 81.3 112.8 60.6
2003 81.1 119.4 55.7
2004 76.1 105.2 57.0
2005 74.6 97.9 59.4
2006 76.6 101.0 59.7
2007 74.1 100.7 56.6
2008 74.9 103.2 56.0
2009 74.1 98.1 58.3
2010 66.9 85.5 54.6
2011 65.7 86.3 52.3
2012 69.2 89.0 55.8
2013 62.9 80.9 50.9
2014 58.3 72.7 48.9
2015 58.9 74.4 48.7
2016 57.4 73.0 46.4
2017 56.1 71.2 46.3

Sources:
National Cancer Institute. SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2017.

  • Rates are per 100,000 persons and are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population.

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