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Dept of Health

Answer

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of smoking-related deaths were due to (a) lung cancer, (b) heart attack, (c) stroke and (d) chronic lung disease in 2002. [133924] Miss Melanie Johnson: This data are not available in the form requested. However, an estimate of the proportion of deaths in the United Kingdom that were caused by smoking was made by the Health Education Authority in its 1998 report: "The UK Smoking Epidemic: Deaths in 1995". The table shows the proportions of all deaths caused by smoking for each of these diseases for people aged 35 and over. Estimated number and percentage of deaths caused by smoking: United Kingdom, 1995 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Disease Number of deaths Percentage of total (net) deaths Total (net) 121,700 100 Total (gross) 123,000 Deaths from diseases caused by smoking: Cancer 46,500 38 Respiratory 34,300 28 Circulatory 40,300 33 Digestive 1,900 2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: The percentages add up to 101 per cent. because the percentages have been based on the net total number of deaths. The net number of deaths takes into account the estimated number of deaths which may be prevented in part by smoking. Source: Health Education Authority: "The UK Smoking Epidemic: Deaths in 1995".

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

133924; 412 c697W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Death Cancer Heart diseases Smoking Strokes Lung cancer Respiratory diseases

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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