Show Lung Cancer ICD-9 Codes 160-165 1997 Total Lung Cancer Deaths in Utah 361 Compiled by Chris Weston While lung cancer mortality rates have generally Table increased in the United States the Utah lung cancer mortality rate has changed very little over the past fiteen years In addition Utah has consistently hadlower mortality rate than the United States Utahlower lung cancer death and disease rates may be largely explained by the lower overall use of tobacco products in Utah Total number of lung cancer deaths reported in Utah dropped dramatically from 1993 to 1994 from 408 deaths to 337 deaths Incidence decreased slightly during this same period as well Although Utah hasrelatively low lung cancer mortality rate there is still much public support for campaigns to limit youth access to tobacco and to reduce the public exposure to second hand smoke UtahIndoor Clean Air Act is the most notable result of such campaigns S 31 Lung Cancer Mortality Utah and 1980-1997 Year Mortality Utah Mortality us 1o eka3 o 1984 1985 17185 52835 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 17158 192 173 188 55565 57588 501 1994 1995 1996 1997 2 158 16174 153 o 59595 59 1986 16 54 Age-adjusted rates per 100 000 population Age-agjusted to the standard 1940 population Sources Utah Utah Departmentof Health Utah Birth and cation Oniine ve rific Control and Disease for wwwhealth stateutus US Centers Prevention CDC Wonder Online wviw cdc gov 84 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |