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Statistics

There are many interesting statistics that have been studied by scientists about lung cancer. These are some interesting statistics:


 * Lung cancer is the 2nd most common cancer and just in 2008 alone, there were approximately 215,020 new cases of cancer that were diagnosed.
 * Lung cancer accounts around 15% of all new cancers.
 * It has been found that older people tend to have a higher possibility of getting lung cancer. According to a study, 2 out of 3 people who were diagnosed of lung cancer are over the age of 65. Also, less then 3 % of all cases of lung cancer are younger than 45 years old.
 * It has been studied and discovered that men are more likely to get lung cancer than women. The number is around 1 out of 13 for men and 1 out of 16 for women.
 * Also it was found that black people, both men and women, have a higher possibility of getting lung cancer. Black people have a 40% higher possibility of getting lung cancer.

This table shows the number of new cases and rates of lung cancer in UK in 2005

QUIZ: What are some new statistics you learnt about lung cancer? List 3.