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International Differences in Mortality at Older Ages: Dimensions and Sources
ANNEX 4B
Smoking-Attributable Deaths Due to Lung Cancer and Other Causes (in absolute numbers and as a percentage of deaths from all causes), by Sex and Country, Ages 50+, 2003
Smoking-AttributableDeaths due to:
Men
Lung Cancer
Other Causes
All Causes
Country
N
% of AllDeaths
N
% of AllDeaths
N
% of AllDeaths
Australia
3,751
6.2
6,473
10.7
10,224
16.9
Austria
1,963
6.1
3,540
11.0
5,503
17.1
Canada
8,849
8.6
15,485
15.1
24,334
23.8
Denmark
1,636
6.5
3,441
13.6
5,077
20.1
Finland
1,194
5.6
2,465
11.5
3,659
17.1
France
17,290
6.9
29,459
11.8
46,749
18.7
Hungary
5,020
8.2
13,539
22.2
18,558
30.4
Iceland
46
5.6
87
10.4
133
15.9
Ireland
847
6.4
1,735
13.1
2,582
19.5
Italy
22,635
8.4
40,032
14.9
62,667
23.3
Japan
35,475
6.9
67,658
13.2
103,133
20.0
Netherlands
5,451
8.6
11,027
17.4
16,478
25.9
New Zealand
704
5.7
1,363
11.1
2,067
16.8
Norway
1,012
5.4
1,945
10.3
2,958
15.6
Portugal
2,013
4.0
3,934
7.9
5,947
12.0
Spain
13,968
7.7
25,108
13.9
39,076
21.6
Sweden
1,382
3.2
2,514
5.9
3,896
9.1
Switzerland
1,641
5.9
2,701
9.7
4,343
15.6
United Kingdom
17,162
6.4
37,421
14.1
54,583
20.5
United States
77,286
7.6
148,216
14.5
225,502
22.1
SOURCES: Calculations by authors based on data in the Human Mortality Database (accessed November 2009) and the World Health Organization Mortality Database (accessed December 2009).
