(CNN) Over the past decade, the rate of new lung cancer cases diagnosed in the United States has dropped 19% and the five-year survival rate has climbed 26%, according to a new report.

Yet lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death nationwide -- and your chances of surviving lung cancer can vary drastically depending on where you live.

The American Lung Association's " State of Lung Cancer " report, published Wednesday, found the national incidence rate of lung cancer between 2012 and 2016 was 59.6 cases per 100,000 people. Those rates varied by state -- ranging from 27.1 in Utah to 92.6 in Kentucky.

The five-year survival rate of lung cancer, which was 21.7% nationally, also varied by state -- ranging from 26.4% in Connecticut to 16.8% in Alabama, according to the report.

Experts have long known that detecting lung cancer early can improve chances of survival, but the stage at which someone is diagnosed with lung cancer was also found to significantly vary by state. The report found that the early diagnosis rate was highest for Wyoming, at 28.1%, and lowest for Alaska, at 16.6%.

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