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The Link Between Smoking, Lung Cancer And Socioeconomic Factors In Kentucky, Shreya Berlia
The Link Between Smoking, Lung Cancer And Socioeconomic Factors In Kentucky, Shreya Berlia
Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)
Background and Purpose
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death and the second most diagnosed cancer in both men and women in the United States. An estimated 158,080 deaths from lung cancer are expected to occur in 2016, which will account for approximately 1 in 4 of all cancer deaths. The 1- and 5-year relative survival rates for lung cancer are 44% and 17%, respectively. The incidence rate for lung cancer has been declining since the mid-1980s in men, but only since the mid-2000s in women. Tobacco smoke is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in …