Table - Death rates by country

Smoking-attributable deaths in 1995 - all cause, CVD, cancer
all women aged 35+

 

all cause attributable

 

CVD attributable

cancer attributable

all deaths

20,000+ deaths attributable to smoking

 

 

 

 

UK

48,706

16,667

15,586

293,276

Russian Fed

38,331

18,779

7,864

804,722

Germany 

20,499

7,315

6,088

443,517

 

 

 

 

 

10-20,000

 

 

 

 

Ukraine

17,898

7,270

3,290

311,855

Poland

12,269

6,278

3,180

174,377

Italy

10,593

3,195

3,312

231,846

 

 

 

 

 

5-10,000

 

 

 

 

Hungary

7,981

3,927

2,160

68,015

Denmark

5,578  

1,861

1,651

30,029

 

 

 

 

 

2-5,000

 

 

 

 

Netherlands

4,075

913

1,1412

64,925

Czech Rep.

3,231

1,709

853

58,252

Spain (1)

3,039

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France

2,995

535

1,197

210,135

Sweden

2,298

727

804

45,968

Ireland

2,180

682

633

13,274

 

 

 

 

 

1-2,000

 

 

 

 

Austria

1,772

693

582

38,307

Switzerland

1.701

524

504

31,962

Norway

1,364

464

443

22,973

Greece

1,273

603

421

41,649

Belgium

1,062

235

383

45,310

 

 

 

 

 

1,000 or less

 

 

 

 

Slovakia

845

478

196

23,269

Lithuania

758

410

143

18,764

Finland

758 (sic)

327

215

24,985

Latvia

601

317

123

16,637

Bulgaria

426

231

77

48,214

Estonia

396

220

86

9,468

Luxembourg

34

9

16

1,600

 

 

 

 

 

Total Europe

204,035

81,278

54,896

 

Total EU

101,823

33,762

32,300

 

Data are projected estimates, taken from Peto et al (1994)  Mortality from smoking in developed countries 1950-2000. 
Oxford: Oxford University Press.

(1) Spain - data for 1992 from Spanish Ministry of Health.

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