How many lung cancer cases from secondhand smoke are diagnosed each year?
The information that I found indicates that in 2005, an estimated 172,570 new cases of lung cancer were diagnosed, making it the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States and accounting for 13 percent of all cancer diagnoses. About 20% of all lung cancer cases are small cell lung cancer, believed to be a result of smoking, meaning about 30,000 patients each year are diagnosed with this disease. Government surveys show that as many as 3,000 people each year develop lung cancer from second-hand smoke. www.health.allrefer.com/health/primary-lung-cancer-info * WonderDoc: The numbers are difficult to estimate because it is difficult to determine exactly which cases are specific to second-hand smoke. Since the numbers are difficult to estimate and I stated merely what a government survey showed in answer to the question, I don’t know why you would have rated this down. I certainly didn’t state it as undeniable fact.
Many stats and many manipulations of stats. Read on. Worldwide, 47 percent of men and 12 percent of women smoke a total of 6 trillion cigarettes a year. In the U.S., 600 billion cigarettes are smoked every year.” (World Health Organization, 1999). Second-hand smoke increases the risk. Government surveys show that as many as 3,000 people each year develop lung cancer from second-hand smoke. High levels of pollution, radiation, and asbestos exposure may also increase risk. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000122.htm On the March 8, 2006 edition of the CNN American Morning program with Miles O’Brien and Soledad O’Brien, they made a startling announcement. On average there are 175,000 new cases of lung cancer each year in the United States. For just the months of January and February 2006 there are 172,000 confirmed, newly diagnosed cases of lung cancer. This is not just a little spike on the charts and much worse news is coming. That is already averaging this year about 6 t
