Table 2.

Number of obituaries collected per year and obituary-based proportions of lung cancer deaths for 2008–2012; official death statistics and proportions of lung cancer deaths for 2008–2012.

Year	Lung cancer obituaries	General obituaries	Obituary-based proportion of lung cancer deaths	Lung cancer deaths	All deaths	Official proportion of lung cancer deaths
2008	1966	70,215	0.0280	158,656	2,471,984	0.0642
2009	2027	74,494	0.0272	158,158	2,437,163	0.0649
2010	2224	80,760	0.0275	158,318	2,468,435	0.0641
2011	2467	92,860	0.0266	157,017	2,515,458	0.0624
2012	2450	94,695	0.0259	157,499	2,543,279	0.0619