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Published in final edited form as: Clin Chest Med. 2011 Dec;32(4):10.1016/j.ccm.2011.09.001. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2011.09.001

Fig. 14.

Fig. 14

Age-adjusted lung cancer incidence by gender, age, and race. Rates are per 100,000 and are age adjusted to the 2000 US standard population. Note the different scale, which highlights the predominant incidence of lung cancer in the population age >65 years for both genders and races. (Data from Siegel R, Ward E, Brawley O, et al. Cancer statistics, 2011: the impact of eliminating socioeconomic and racial disparities on premature cancer deaths. CA Cancer J Clin 2011;61(4):212–36; and Howlader N, Noone AM, Krapcho M, et al, editors. SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975–2008. Bethesda (MD): National Cancer Institute; 2010. Available at: http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2008/, based on November 2010 SEER data submission, posted to the SEER web site, 2011.)