Cancer that begins in the lungs is called primary lung cancer. There are two main types of lung cancer the most common one is non-small-cell lung cancer and the less common one is small-cell lung cancer.
In 2018, lung cancer incidence ranged from 40.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in Sweden to 113.6 in Hungary, with the EU28+EFTA average at 71.1.
In 2018, lung cancer mortality for women ranged from 13.6 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in Cyprus to 69.6 in Hungary, with the EU28+EFTA average at 39. For men, mortality ranged from 36.9 in Sweden to 122 in Greece, with the EU28+EFTA average at 77.1.
The 5-year age-standardized survival for lung cancer between 2010 and 2014 ranged from 7.7% in Bulgaria and 20.4% in Switzerland.