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Table 8.5 Deaths due to a number of conditions among men <strong>and</strong> women from age 20. Survey year 2008 I<br />

Total deaths<br />

Deaths from smoking<br />

Condition Men Women Men Women<br />

Lung cancer 6 386 3 531 5 823 (91.2%) 2 591 (73.4%)<br />

COPD 3 506 2 775 2 959 (84.4%) 1 902 (68.5%)<br />

Coronary heart 6 480 4 905 1 786 (27.6%) 601 (12.3%)<br />

disease II<br />

Stroke (CVA) 3 610 5 781 732 (20.3%) 525 (9.1%)<br />

Heart failure 2 503 4 206 449 (17.9%) 223 (5.3%)<br />

Oesophageal cancer 1 131 427 898 (79.4%) 267 (65.5%)<br />

Laryngeal cancer 154 42 124 (80.5%) 35 (83.3%)<br />

Oral cavity cancer 375 178 346 (92.3%) 96 (53.9%)<br />

Total I 24 145 21 715 13 117 (54.3%) 6 240 (28.7%)<br />

I. Per condition, first rounded to whole numbers <strong>and</strong> then added up. Source: RIVM<br />

Thanks to the fall-off in smoking among men between 1960 <strong>and</strong> 1990, male deaths<br />

from lung cancer have dropped since the mid 1980s. Among women, however, who<br />

have taken up smoking in greater numbers, the trend is reversed (Table 8.6).<br />

• The upward trend in lung cancer deaths among women will continue for some<br />

decades (Bonneux et al., 2003).<br />

• The decline among men until 2003 did not continue in subsequent years. From 2007,<br />

a slight rise is evident.<br />

• The opposite trends for men <strong>and</strong> women balance each other out. Consequently, total<br />

deaths from lung cancer have remained fairly stable for some years, although there<br />

has been evidence of a slight rise again in recent years.<br />

• Figure 8.5 shows a stabilising trend in the number of deaths from COPD <strong>and</strong> other<br />

smoking-related conditions.<br />

• There is a downward trend in the death rate from smoking-related coronary heart<br />

disease <strong>and</strong> stroke.<br />

8 Tobacco<br />

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