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
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