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Incidence rate of lung cancer

Lung cancer is the fourth most common cancer (4th in men and women in the period 2010-2014) and together accounts for almost 10% of all new cancer cases.

Lung cancer is about twice as common in men, but the incidence is decreasing in men and increasing in women. The highest incidence is in the 60-64 age group. The probability of an individual born in 2014 getting cancer by the age of 75 is 3.9%.

In the period 2010-2014, an average of 1,279 people fell ill with lung cancer annually in Slovenia, and 1,130 died. The relative five-year survival rate of lung cancer patients in the period 2010-2014 was 13% for men and 19.1% for women of all ages .

Lung cancer is linked to tobacco smoking in 89% of cases. Smoking is one of the most preventable risk factors for cancer. It causes many diseases that reduce the quality of life and lifespan and is the main risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and others.

Smoking habits develop early, so prevention of smoking initiation through measures at the individual and system level is crucial. Proven effective measures are also financial measures in the area of taxation and the creation of environments that will limit the accessibility of tobacco products and their advertising.

The incidence rate of lung cancer shows the average annual incidence of lung cancer per 100,000 inhabitants during the observed five-year period. An age-standardized rate is calculated, which enables mutual comparison of populations with different age structures.

Age-standardized rate per 100,000 inhabitants.

The incidence rate of lung cancer is the ratio between the number of new cases of lung cancer in the observed population in one calendar year and the number of inhabitants in the observed population at the middle of the same calendar year, multiplied by 100,000.

The disease categories according to the ICD-10 classification, which are included in the calculation, are C33 and C34.

New cases of lung cancer

$=\frac{The number of new cases of lung cancer}{The number of inhabi\tan ts in the observed population}\times 100.000$

The direct standardization method is used to calculate the age-standardized rate, where the Slovenian population from 2014 is used as the standard population. The incidence rate of lung cancer is shown as an average of five consecutive years.

Cancer Registry of the Republic of Slovenia, Institute of Oncology

Population, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.

Lung cancer incidence data are published annually.

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3. National Institute of Public Health ( http://www.nijz.si/ )
4. Health for All Database ( http://data.euro.who.int/hfadb/ )