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Deaths due to Lung Cancer by Sex, New Jersey, 2000 to 2020

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Why Is This Important?

Lung cancer is the leading cause of deaths due to cancer in New Jersey and in the nation as a whole. This is true for both males and females and for each racial/ethnic group. In the United States, 80-90% of lung cancer deaths are due to smoking[https://www.cdc.gov/lung-cancer/risk-factors/ ^1^] which is an avoidable risk factor.

Definition

Deaths with malignant neoplasm (cancer) of the trachea, bronchus, and lung as the underlying cause of death ICD-10 codes: C33-C34

Data Notes

Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.

Data Sources

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    Number of deaths due to cancer of the trachea, bronchus, and lung
  • Denominator:

    Estimated number of persons in the population

Related Health Objectives and Indicators




  • Health Initiative: HNJ2020

    Healthy NJ 2020 Objective CA-2

    NJ Target: Reduce lung cancer deaths to 31.4 per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) for the total population, 13.7 for Asians, 33.8 for Blacks, 13.8 for Hispanics, and 35.0 for Whites by 2020
    https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/cancer.shtml



Risk Factors

According to the NCI[https://www.cancer.gov/types/lung/hp/lung-prevention-pdq ^3^], exposure to radiation or occupational exposure to asbestos, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, or nickel increases the risk of lung cancer mortality in addition to incidence in a dose-dependent manner. Exposure to outdoor air pollution, specifically small particles, also increases the risk of lung cancer mortality in addition to incidence.

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Indicator Data Last Updated On 04/10/2023, Published on 10/29/2024
Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health, PO Box 360, Trenton, NJ 08625-0360, e-mail: chs@doh.nj.gov (https://www.nj.gov/health/chs)