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FACT 1

Lung cancer is the number one cause of cancer deaths in both men and women in the United States.

FACT 2

Lung cancer kills more people than colon, breast, and prostate cancers COMBINED.

FACT 3

In 2007, an estimated 213,380 Americans will be newly diagnosed with lung cancer: 114,780 men and 98,620 women.

FACT 4

About 160,390 people are expected to die from lung cancer this year: 89,510 men and 70,880 women.

FACT 5

Within one year of being diagnosed with lung cancer, 6 out of 10 lung cancer sufferers will die. Between 7 and 8 will die within two years.

FACT 6

There are about 330,000 long-term cancer survivors currently.

FACT 7

A man has a 1 in 12 chance of developing lung cancer during his lifetime. A woman’s chance is 1 in 16.

FACT 8

Lung cancer causes the most deaths worldwide, with about 3 million deaths per year.

FACT 9

Even if you never smoke, you can get lung cancer.

FACT 10

In the United States, smoking is the probably cause of 87% of lung cancer cases, 90% in men, and 79% in women.

FACT 11

Of the 80,000 women in the United States who were diagnosed with lung cancer in 2006, 70,000 are expected to die from it.

FACT 12

Every week, about 437 Canadians will be diagnosed with lung cancer. In that same amount of time, about 371 Canadians will die from lung cancer.

Sources:

Facts 1-7 from the American Cancer Society – www.cancer.org
Facts 8-11 from Wikipedia – http://www.wikipedia.org
Fact 12 from Canadian Cancer Society – http://www.cancer.ca/