Deaths from lung cancer and respiratory disease

women under 75

 

 

lung cancer

respiratory disease

all deaths

under 75

10,000+ deaths

 

 

 

UK

7,396

10,285

97,091

Russian Federation

6,754

18,036

498,174

Germany

5,533

5,238

132,068

 

 

 

 

5-10,000

 

 

 

Italy

3,013

2,420

82,577

Poland

2,664

2,200

78,402

Ukraine

2,339

6,961

182,320

France

2,255

2,692

69,512

 

 

 

 

1-2,000

 

 

 

Hungary

1,424

952

28,944

Netherlands

1,293

1,077

21,239

Romania

1,102

4,007

64,792

 

 

 

 

500-1,000

 

 

 

Denmark

944

971

10,288

Spain

922

2,189

46,710

Czech Rep.

778

692

21,642

Sweden

706

958

11,576

Belgium

608

765

15,746

Austria

555

335

11,643

 

 

 

 

200-500

 

 

 

Greece

499

587

14,365

Switzerland

425

337

8,455

Bulgaria

411

992

24,192

Norway

347

393

5,851

Ireland

330

533

5,329

Portugal

260

839

16,677

Finland

224

301

7,148

 

 

 

 

less than 200

 

 

 

Slovakia

195

627

11,091

Israel

193

287

6,589

Latvia

134

163

7,527

Lithuania

124

261

8,974

Estonia

92

89

4,093

Luxembourg

42

31

631

Iceland

26

21

301

 

 

 

 

Total EU

24,580

28,861

542,000

Total Europe

45,100

94,062

1,761,281

Data from WHO (1999) at www.who.ch

ICD codes (9th and 10th revision) - lung cancer 162, C33-34, respiratory disease 460-519, J00-J99

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