What percentage of smokers get lung cancer

Some of the answers here are amazingly stupid. Approximately 8% of white male smokers in the United States will get lung cancer. White male non-smokers have a 1% chance of getting lung cancer.

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We always hear 90% of lung cancer is caused by smoking, but not how many smokers get lung cancer. Some of the answers here are amazingly stupid. Approximately 8% of white male smokers in the United States will get lung cancer. White male no…

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What percentage of smokers get lung cancer?

Q: We always hear 90% of lung cancer is caused by smoking, but not how many smokers get lung cancer.

A: Some of the answers here are amazingly stupid. Approximately 8% of white male smokers in the United States will get lung cancer. White male non-smokers have a 1% chance of getting lung cancer.

What percentage of smokers get lung cancer or emphysema?

Q: I have looked all over the internet for this information. I know the likelihood of these diseases are increased in smokers, but where can I find the real numbers?

A: This statistic is elusive. I looked at American Lung Assoc. website and found some statistics surrounding that. Here it goes. about 20% of Americans smoke, that’s about 58 million people. There are 438,000 deaths per year directly attributed to smoking. So, less than one percent of smokers die from smoking each year. But that doesn’t answer your question. I suspect there is no clear answer.

What is the percentage of lung cancer patients that are smokers?

Q: I would like to know the ratio of smoker vs non smoker in people diagnosed with lung cancer. Please provide a link.I’m not looking for “caused by smoking” , those stats can be spun. I’m looking for smokers vs non smokers strictly. What percentage?

A: Here’s a Canadian study you should find interesting.Male smokers – lifetime risk of lung cancer is 1 in 6Female smokers – the risk of lung cancer is 1 in 9 Risk of lung cancer in non-smokers is 1 in 77Can J Public Health. 1994 Nov-Dec;85(6):385-8.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7895211Another interesting site for youhttp://www.inforesearchlab.com/smokingdeaths.chtml