In the United States, someone is diagnosed with lung cancer every 2½ minutes.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent sources including American Lung Association's State of Lung Cancer reports (2020, 2022) and UnitedHealthcare health article, consistent with US lung cancer incidence statistics.
Sources
- Anyone With Lungs Can Get Lung Cancer (newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org)
- https://www.lung.org/getmedia/647c433b-4cbc-4be6-9312-2fa9a449d489/solc-2022-print-report (lung.org)
- https://www.lung.org/getmedia/381ca407-a4e9-4069-b24b-195811f29a00/SOLC-2020- (lung.org)
- https://www.uhc.com/news-articles/healthy-living/lung-cancer (uhc.com)