Rate of Deaths from Lung Cancer by Prefecture in Japan, 2015

In Japan, 74378 persons died by lung cancer in 2015. The following data show the rate of deaths from lung cancer by prefecture (The number of deaths by lung cancer per million).

Figure: Rate of Deaths from Lung Cancer by Prefecture in 2015

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Prefecture	Deaths	Male	Female	Per million
Hokkaido	4170	2910	1260	772
Kochi	559	369	190	757
Nagasaki	1021	715	306	737
Wakayama	709	505	204	730
Akita	756	533	223	729
Aomori	960	688	272	727
Yamaguchi	986	655	331	700
Shimane	481	363	118	690
Yamagata	779	566	213	689
Tottori	390	271	119	679
Ehime	937	691	246	672
Tokushima	513	373	140	671
Fukushima	1258	889	369	650
Osaka	5668	4042	1626	641
Niigata	1483	1108	375	641
Iwate	823	620	203	641
Toyama	680	494	186	636
Oita	741	528	213	633
Nara	863	609	254	627
Ishikawa	719	521	198	622
Kagawa	608	444	164	620
Kyoto	1617	1125	492	620
Fukui	489	344	145	619
Kumamoto	1106	773	333	616
Kagoshima	1024	718	306	614
Mie	1112	843	269	609
Miyazaki	678	469	209	609
Hiroshima	1696	1212	484	599
Hyogo	3314	2372	942	598
Saga	494	349	145	592
Okayama	1135	837	298	590
Gunma	1153	840	313	584
Fukuoka	2957	1979	978	581
Ibaraki	1695	1253	442	581
Gifu	1182	876	306	579
Miyagi	1339	996	343	575
Shizuoka	2069	1511	558	558
Yamanashi	468	343	125	556
Shiga	769	554	215	543
Aichi	3965	2871	1094	532
Chiba	3282	2353	929	530
Nagano	1113	795	318	528
Saitama	3788	2796	992	523
Tochigi	1030	770	260	520
Kanagawa	4535	3280	1255	499
Tokyo	6571	4562	2009	491
Okinawa	660	464	196	464