In the United States, someone is diagnosed with lung cancer every 2½ minutes.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent sources including American Lung Association's State of Lung Cancer reports (2020, 2022) and UnitedHealthcare health article, consistent with US lung cancer incidence statistics. [tier=unverified indep_score=0.3 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable] [rescored 2026-09-15: curated origin-host map (PR #65); unclassified hosts no longer scored as aggregators]
Sources
- Anyone With Lungs Can Get Lung Cancer (seed:health_and_medicine)
- https://www.lung.org/getmedia/647c433b-4cbc-4be6-9312-2fa9a449d489/solc-2022-print-report (corroboration)
- https://www.lung.org/getmedia/381ca407-a4e9-4069-b24b-195811f29a00/SOLC-2020- (corroboration)
- https://www.uhc.com/news-articles/healthy-living/lung-cancer (corroboration)