TABLE 42
SMOKING-ATTRIBUTABLE MORTALITY
British Columbia, 2001
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FIGURE 25
SMOKING-ATTRIBUTABLE MORTALITY
BY SELECTED CAUSES AND GENDER
British Columbia, 2001
HIGHLIGHTS TO TABLE 42/FIGURE 25
- In 2001, there were 5,670 deaths that were attributed to smoking. Smoking-attributable mortality (SAM) is based on estimates of the relative exposure risk of the adult population (age 35 or older). A detailed definition of this term is provided in the Glossary. Table 42 presents, for each specific cause of death, the total number of deaths by gender, the proportion of these deaths which are attributed to smoking (labeled SAM%), and the number of SAM deaths.
- Smoking-attributable mortality can be grouped into deaths from cancers (malignant neoplasms), circulatory system diseases and respiratory system diseases. Out of 100 smoking-attributable deaths in 2001, approximately:
- 40 were from cancers (malignant neoplasms) (2,279)
- 36 were from circulatory system diseases (2,036)
- 24 were from respiratory system diseases (1,354).
- By specific causes of death, lung cancer (malignant neoplasms of trachea, lung, and bronchus) was the major contributor (1,663 deaths) to smoking-attributable mortality in 2001, followed by ischemic heart disease (1,019) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (891). Together these three causes of death accounted for 3,573 deaths or 63.0% of smoking-attributable mortality in the province in 2001.
- In 2001, three in five smoking-attributable deaths were males.
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