An estimated 160,300 people in the United States will die of lung cancer in 1998. That's more than from breast, colorectal and prostate cancer combined. Here are the estimated number of deaths resulting from lung cancer by state.
Alabama: 2,800
Alaska: 200
Arizona: 2,600
Arkansas: 2,200
California: 13,700
Colorado: 1,500
Connecticut: 1,900
Delaware: 600
Dist. of Columbia: 400
Florida: 12,000
Georgia: 3,900
Hawaii: 500
Idaho: 500
Illinois: 7,300
Indiana: 3,900
Iowa: 1,900
Kansas: 1,500
Kentucky: 3,300
Louisiana: 2,900
Maine: 1,000
Maryland: 3,000
Massachusetts: 3,800
Michigan: 5,900
Minnesota: 2,200
Mississippi: 1,700
Missouri: 4,000
Montana: 500
Nebraska: 900
Nevada: 1,100
New Hampshire: 700
New Jersey: 4,600
New Mexico: 700
New York: 10,100
North Carolina: 5,000
North Dakota: 300
Ohio: 7,700
Oklahoma: 2,300
Oregon: 2,100
Pennsylvania: 8,500
Rhode Island: 700
South Carolina: 2,400
South Dakota: 400
Tennessee: 3,900
Texas: 10,800
Utah: 400
Vermont: 400
Virginia: 3,800
Washington: 3,200
West Virginia: 1,600
Wisconsin: 2,700
Wyoming: 300
U.S. Total: 160,300
Source: American Cancer Society, Cancer Facts and Figures, 1998
