According to a report by the American Cancer Society, it has been revealed that first time in the US the death rate from lung cancer has been declined among women, which is just 1% in between 2003 to 2007. The decrease in death rate among women was 39.98% per 100,000 women in 2007 from 41.24 per 100,000 women in 2003.

Conversely, a leading cancer expert said that more Aussie women are dying from the lung cancer and the death rate is still rising. Professor Bruce Armstrong, from the University of Sydney’s School of Public Health said that it has been decades that they have seen declination in the death rate in Australia from lung cancer.

However, he said that the death rate of Australian women dying from lung cancer will drop in next five years. He also said that he has been expecting the decrease in death rate from several years.

Bruce added, "We're probably still seeing the effects of women progressively starting to smoke earlier, so that will tend to drive higher rates and those rates will persist for longer".

Analysts said that the drop in death rate will also reflect the decline in smoking among women.