MORTALITY FROM SMOKING IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES 1950-2000

(2^nd edition: updated June 2006)

Richard Peto, Alan D. Lopez, Jillian Boreham and Michael Thun

• For 45 'developed' countries or groups of countries, smoking-attributed deaths are estimated indirectly from national vital statistics,

as in Peto, Lopez et al, 1992, 1994 (but now updated with year 2000 national data).

• To sample the tables of tobacco deaths presented for each geographic area, click EU25 and review the 6 pairs of pages, or go to CONTENTS, click "Specific country ...." and choose one.

• To sample choosing one particular pair of pages for all 45 areas click Main tables (and wait for downloading), or go to CONTENTS,

click "Specific pair ...." and choose to download one particular type of table or figure.

• For four former Yugoslav republics, where historical trends may be unreliable or are unavailable, pages showing trends are omitted.

• Minor differences between this and the 1994 (1^st) edition are due to the use of slightly different population estimates and use of actual

(instead of projected) national mortality data for 1995.

• The material presented is preliminary (last updated June 2006) and will change slightly, especially when actual year 2000 mortality data

replaces the estimates that had to be made for two countries, Belgium and Turkmenistan (the latter incorporated into Central Asia).

• Copyright waiver: Any part may be reproduced without seeking permission.

• CONTENTS

CTSU home