Skip to Main Content
National Cancer Institute - Small Area Estimates for Cancer-Related Measures

Small Area Estimates for Cancer-Related Measures

Contact Us
Model-based Estimates at the State and County Levels
  • Home
  • About
  • Measures
    • Cancer Risk Factors and Screening Behaviors
    • Tobacco Use and Policies
    • Cancer-Related Knowledge
  • Resources
    • Other Area Estimates
    • State Cancer Profiles
Cancer-Related Knowledge
  • Introduction
  • Methodology
  • Data Sources
  • Available Estimates
    • Have You Looked For Cancer Information?
    • Have You Looked For Health Information?
    • Does Smoking Increase the Chance of Cancer?
    • Does Lung Cancer Cause the Most Deaths?
    • Does the FDA Regulate Tobacco?
    • Are E-cigarettes Less Harmful?
    • Is a Hookah Less Harmful?
    • Is Breast Cancer More Common Than Lung Cancer?
    • Ever Heard of Sigmoidoscopy or Colonscopy?
    • Age Starting Sigmoidoscopy or Colonscopy Exams?
    • Have You Heard About HPV?
    • Have You Heard About the HPV Vaccine?
    • Is HPV a STD?
    • Does HPV Go Away?
    • Does HPV Cause Cancer?
  • Limitations and Uses
  • Publications and Contributors
  • Citation Format

Does Lung Cancer Cause the Most Deaths?
Maps and Data of Model-Based Small Area Estimates

Definition:

A person 18 years of age or older must have reported that he/she thinks that lung cancer causes the most deaths.

[Question CK15 in HINTS 1: Which type of cancer do you think will cause the most deaths in women/men this year in the U.S.? Lung cancer, breast/prostate cancer, colon cancer, cervical/testicular cancer, or skin cancer?]

Available estimates are for year 2003 shown on map and data table. Click on the map to view data values and confidence intervals for individual regions.

  • Map
  • Table
Geography Name GIS Code Estimated Percent Lower Confidence Interval Upper Confidence Interval County Fips:
Alabama 01 14 .001 1000 12345

Return to top

This website is a service of the Surveillance Research Program, in NCI's Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences.
  • Home
  • About
  • Measures
  • Resources
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Accessibility
  • FOIA
  • U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Cancer Institute
  • USA.gov
NIH… Turning Discovery Into Health®