Percentage of deaths from selected causes, attributable to smoking, in a number of countries, for all ages in 2000 (source: WHO tobacco control database, 2005)
Country (year)
| Lung cancer
| Other cancers
| CVD
| Other causes
| All causes
|
|---|
|
| male
| female
| male
| female
| male
| female
| male
| female
| male
| female
|
|---|
Austria
| 87.0
| 67.0
| 15.0
| 3.6
| 12.0
| 4.2
| 6.8
| 3.1
| 18.0
| 6.0
|
Belgium
| 95.0
| 55.0
| 23.0
| 1.9
| 20.0
| 3.3
| 11.0
| 2.6
| 30.0
| 5.0
|
Czech Republic
| 93.0
| 67.0
| 21.0
| 3.5
| 20.0
| 5.3
| 9.1
| 5.4
| 26.0
| 7.0
|
Denmark
| 95.0
| 86.0
| 14.0
| 5.0
| 15.0
| 12.0
| 10.0
| 9.8
| 22.0
| 18.0
|
Estonia
| 94.0
| 56.0
| 24.0
| 1.5
| 25.0
| 4.7
| 8.5
| 2.9
| 25.0
| 5.0
|
Finland
| 86.0
| 60.0
| 13.0
| 0.0
| 12.0
| 3.6
| 6.1
| 1.5
| 17.0
| 4.0
|
France
| 95.0
| 43.0
| 18.0
| 1.1
| 14.0
| 1.5
| 9.0
| 1.3
| 21.0
| 3.0
|
Germany
| 93.0
| 64.0
| 16.0
| 2.1
| 14.0
| 3.8
| 10.0
| 3.5
| 22.0
| 6.0
|
Greece
| 92.0
| 38.0
| 15.0
| 1.2
| 15.0
| 2.2
| 8.8
| 1.1
| 22.0
| 3.0
|
Hungary
| 95.0
| 76.0
| 31.0
| 6.4
| 27.0
| 9.1
| 10.0
| 7.0
| 31.0
| 11.0
|
Ireland
| 90.0
| 83.0
| 16.0
| 3.2
| 14.0
| 11.0
| 6.1
| 11.0
| 20.0
| 16.0
|
Italy
| 92.0
| 66.0
| 17.0
| 1.7
| 15.0
| 3.2
| 9.5
| 2.6
| 24.0
| 5.0
|
Latvia
| 93.0
| 40.0
| 23.0
| 0.8
| 22.0
| 2.4
| 8.7
| 1.5
| 23.0
| 3.0
|
Lithuania
| 92.0
| 0.0
| 22.0
| 0.0
| 20.0
| 0.0
| 6.5
| 0.0
| 23.0
| 0.0
|
Luxembourg
| 91.0
| 65.0
| 19.0
| 2.3
| 16.0
| 4.9
| 7.3
| 4.0
| 24.0
| 7.0
|
Malta
| 86.0
| 48.0
| 9.8
| 0.6
| 9.6
| 3.0
| 5.9
| 2.3
| 16.0
| 3.0
|
Netherlands
| 92.0
| 74.0
| 20.0
| 4.1
| 18.0
| 6.5
| 13.0
| 5.9
| 27.0
| 10.0
|
Poland
| 94.0
| 66.0
| 26.0
| 2.8
| 24.0
| 5.5
| 15.0
| 4.6
| 29.0
| 7.0
|
Portugal
| 83.0
| 17.0
| 14.0
| 1.2
| 9.2
| 0.9
| 8.2
| 0.7
| 14.0
| 1.0
|
Slovakia
| 89.0
| 50.0
| 28.0
| 0.0
| 21.0
| 3.3
| 9.8
| 0.0
| 25.0
| 3.0
|
Slovenia
| 92.0
| 61.0
| 21.0
| 1.7
| 19.0
| 3.6
| 8.9
| 2.7
| 25.0
| 5.0
|
Spain
| 91.0
| 11.0
| 19.0
| 0.0
| 15.0
| 0.1
| 9.9
| 0.2
| 24.0
| 0.2
|
Sweden
| 82.0
| 67.0
| 7.5
| 3.4
| 6.2
| 4.9
| 4.8
| 5.0
| 10.0
| 7.0
|
United Kingdom
| 91.0
| 83.0
| 16.0
| 6.7
| 14.0
| 12.0
| 8.6
| 9.9
| 22.0
| 16.0
|
EU-25 (2002)
| 91.0
| 65.0
| 13.0
| 2.0
| 16.0
| 5.0
| 9.8
| 3.7
| 23.0
| 7.0
|
|
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