Deaths from smoking in all developed countries

Deaths from smoking in all developed countries Particular emphasis is given to the number of deaths in middle age (defined as ages 35 to 69) Available on This presentation provides estimates of the number of deaths caused by smoking in all developed countries

Source of data: “Mortality from Smoking in Developed Countries, 1950–2000” Uses WHO mortality data for lung cancer and for other diseases, and UN population data Updated edition of a 1994 book, authored by an international team of scientists: –Richard Peto, Professor of Medical Statistics, University of Oxford –Alan Lopez, Professor of Medical Statistics, University of Queensland –Jillian Boreham, Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford –Michael Thun, Chief of Epidemiology, American Cancer Society

Deaths from smoking, 1950 to 2000 About 62% (39 million) of them were still in middle age when they died This was about one in five of all the deaths in middle age during this period (39 million out of the 184 million deaths at ages 35-69) All developed countries About 63 million people died from smoking during this 50-year period in all developed countries

Annual deaths from smoking About 1 million die in middle age from smoking Many of those killed in middle age would have lived on for 10, 20, 30 or more good years About 22 years of life are lost, on average, by those killed in middle age by smoking All developed countries, year 2000 Smoking kills about 1.9 million people a year in all developed countries

Smoking causes about twice as many deaths as all non-medical causes put together All developed countries, year ,076* non-medical Murder / assault Falls SuicideDrowning Road accidentsPoisoning Plane crashesFires Train crashesFloods / storms Accidents at work Other natural disasters Accidents at homeOther accidents *in year million smoking

Smoking kills 1.9 million people a year, from many different diseases All developed countries, year 2000 *includes 490,000 (85%) of the 575,441 lung cancer deaths 700,000 cancer* 650,000 vascular (heart disease, stroke and other diseases of the arteries and veins) 350,000 respiratory 200,000 other

2,700,000 total cancer deaths About one in four of all cancer deaths is due to smoking All developed countries, year ,000 (26%) from smoking 1,500,000 male 550,000 (37%) from smoking 1,200,000 female 150,000 (12%) from smoking

Male deaths in middle age from smoking This pattern is seen first in middle age, then in old age The next three slides concentrate on male deaths in middle age The main pattern of increase and, eventually, decrease in premature deaths from smoking is at a more advanced stage among men than among women

About one in three of all deaths in middle-aged men is due to smoking* All developed countries, year 2000 *800,000 (30%) of the 2.7 million deaths at ages 35-69

Of 100 men aged 35 years … All developed countries, year 2000 *risks at year 2000 death rates for ages die in middle age* 35% 11 of these 35 deaths are from smoking 11

Male death in middle age: changing hazards* All developed countries, *risks at period-specific death rates for ages % All causes 40% 41% 40% 39% 37% 36% 38% 35% 8 Smoking

Summary for the whole population Smoking kills about 1.9 million men and women every year About 1 million die in middle age from smoking Smoking causes about twice as many deaths as all non-medical causes put together About one in four of all cancer deaths is due to smoking All developed countries, year 2000 In all developed countries:

Messages for the individual smoker Those killed in middle age lose many years Stopping smoking works –Even in early middle age, those who stop (before they have lung cancer or some other fatal disease) avoid most of their risk of being killed by tobacco –Stopping before middle age works even better The risk is big: about half are killed

Deaths from smoking: an electronic resource Published by International Union Against Cancer (UICC), Geneva: Switzerland, 2006 Funded by Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU), University of Oxford International Union Against Cancer (UICC) Fogarty International Center, US NIH UK Medical Research Council Cancer Research UK Project team Richard Peto, Judith Watt, Jillian Boreham Project managementSinéad Jones Advice and support Steve Woodward, Konrad Jamrozik, Lesley Walker, Trish Cotter Design bwa-design.co.uk