Preventable Diseases Display
Causes:
Smoking: * 90% of lung cancers arising as a result of tobacco use * Pipe and cigar smoking can also cause lung cancer, although the risk is not as high as with cigarette * Research has shown that non-smokers who reside with a smoker have a 24% increase in risk for developing lung cancer when compared with other non-smokers.
Asbestos Fibers: * Silicate fibers that can persist for a lifetime in lung tissue following exposure to asbestos * Cigarette smoking drastically increases the chance of developing an asbestos-related lung cancer in exposed workers * Living in an environment with high air pollution or working with radioactive minerals or asbestos can also increase the risk of cancer
The risk factors discussed earlier can trigger changes, also called mutations, in these genes that result in cancer, inherited gene mutations are not thought to be a cause of very many lung cancers

Incidence:
Incidence is the total number of new cases of cancer. Mortality is the number of deaths due to cancer.
It is estimated that in 2013: * 25,500 Canadians will be diagnosed with lung cancer. This represents 14% of all new cancer cases in 2013. * 20,200 Canadians will die from lung cancer. This represents 27% of all cancer deaths in 2013. * 13,300 men will be diagnosed with lung cancer and 10,700 will die from it. * 12,200 women will be diagnosed with lung cancer and 9,500 will die from it. * On average, 70 Canadians will be diagnosed with lung cancer every day. * On average, 55 Canadians will die from lung cancer every day.

Chances (probability) of developing or dying from lung cancer Based on 2007 estimates: * About 1 in 11 Canadian men is expected to develop lung cancer during his lifetime and one in 13 will die from it. * About 1 in 15 Canadian women is expected to develop