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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Office on Smoking and Health
Tel: 1-800-CDC-INFO
(1-800-232-4636)
TTY: 1-888-232-6348
E-mail: tobaccoinfo@cdc.gov
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Annual Deaths Attributable to Cigarette Smoking—United
States,
2000–2004
Source:
CDC SAMMEC,
MMWR 2008;57(45):1226–1228..
The pie chart above shows the estimated annual number of
smoking-attributable deaths in the United States during 2000 through 2004 by
specific causes, as follows:
- Lung cancer: 128,900 deaths
- Other cancers: 35,300 deaths
- Ischemic Heart Disease: 126,000 deaths
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: 92,900 deaths
- Stroke: 15,900 deaths
- Other diagnoses: 44,000 deaths
Page last reviewed 02/24/2009
Page last modified 02/24/2009
![Pie chart [see text description below.]](00_images/tobacco2.gif)