Smoking is a major cause of premature death worldwide - 24/08/11
Abstract |
Question |
How many deaths were attributable to smoking in 2000 worldwide?
Study design |
Statistical extrapolation of epidemiological and clinical data.
Main results |
In the year 2000, about 12% of adults died prematurely from smoking (estimated 4.83 million uncertainty range 3.94–5.93 million). Leading causes of death attributable to smoking were cardiovascular diseases (1.69 million deaths), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (0.97 million deaths) and lung cancer (0.85 million deaths; 71% of lung cancers were smoking related). Smoking related deaths in men were about 3 times more common than women in industrial countries, and about 7 times more common in developing countries.
Authors’ conclusions |
Smoking was a major cause of death worldwide in 2000.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Smoking, Mortality, Lung Cancer, Risk, Incidence
Plan
 | Abstracted from: Ezzati M, Lopez AD. Estimates of global mortality attributable to smoking in 2000. Lancet 2003; 362: 847–852. |
Vol 8 - N° 2
P. 95-96 - avril 2004 Retour au numéro
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