2023-05-16 14:43:29
Historically, men smoked earlier and smoked more and more frequently than women. In the meantime, however, women have long since caught up in this area. While the number of men who smoke continues to decrease and the mean age at death for male lung cancer patients has risen significantly over the last few decades, this has stagnated for women since 1992.
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Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer that occurs in women and men in Austria. According to Statistics Austria, in 2019 2,770 men and 2,061 women were diagnosed for the first time with a malignant neoplasm of the trachea, bronchus or lungs. While both incidence and mortality are declining significantly in men, rates in women remain constant. The mortality rate in 2019 was 59 for men and 34 for women per 100,000 people.
Life expectancy is steadily increasing in Austria and some progress has also been made in the treatment of non-small cell (NSCLS) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC) in recent decades. However, a current report on the mean age at death from lung cancer in Austria was missing for a long time.
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