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Fast Facts - Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer Statistics

South Australian Statistics
  • 759 South Australians were diagnosed with lung cancer in 2005 (484 males and 275 women diagnosed)

  • 653 South Australians died of the disease in 2005 (433 males and 220 females died)

  • It’s the leading cause of cancer deaths in South Australia

  • The incidence of lung cancer has fallen by about 25 per cent in males during the past 25 years

  • It’s the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer in South Australia.
Sources:
Major Cancers in South Australia 1977-2005, Cancer Registry SA, The Department of Health. Cancer in South Australia 2005, with projections to 2008, Cancer Registry SA, The Department of Health.

General Statistics
  • About 8,200 Australians are diagnosed with lung cancer each year and about 7,000 die of the disease

  • Tobacco smoking is the major cause of lung cancer and up to 90 per cent of all lung cancers are attributed to smoking

  • Lung cancer is most common in adults aged between 40 and 70 years who have smoked for about 20 years

  • Those who start smoking as a teenager are two to three times more likely to develop lung cancer.



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