Iowa has a higher-than-average rate of new lung cancer cases, according to a report from the American Lung Association. Alyssa DePhillips of the American Lung Association in Iowa says 65 out of every 100-thousand Iowans are diagnosed with lung cancer each year.

The report really recommends radon testing and mitigation, healthy air protections and reducing the smoking rate through tobacco tax increases, smoke-free air laws and access to comprehensive quit-smoking services,” she says.

Iowa also ranks low nationally for early detection of lung cancer and in the five-year survival rates for Iowans who’ve been diagnosed with lung cancer.

(Radio Iowa)