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Deaths due to Lung Cancer by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 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.
- This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective CA-2.
Data Sources
- Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health
(https://www.nj.gov/health/vital/) - Population Estimates, State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
(https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/demographics/population-household-estimates/) - Underlying Cause of Death, CDC WONDER On-line Database, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(https://wonder.cdc.gov/Deaths-by-Underlying-Cause.html)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Number of deaths due to cancer of the trachea, bronchus, and lungDenominator:
Estimated number of persons in the population
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2030
Healthy People 2030 Objective C-02
U.S. Target: Reduce the lung cancer death rate to 25.1 per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) by 2030.0
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/cancer/reduce-lung-cancer-death-rate-c-02
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective C-2
U.S. Target: Reduce the lung cancer death rate to 45.5 deaths per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) by 2020.0
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/cancer
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 2020.0
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/cancer.shtml
Health Initiative: CDI
Chronic Disease Indicator CAN04
Description: Lung and bronchial cancer mortality among all people, underlying cause
https://www.cdc.gov/cdi/indicator-definitions/cancer.html