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Impact of Smoking on Middle-Aged Mortality in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

This presentation estimates deaths caused by smoking in Macedonia, emphasizing middle-aged deaths. Smoking kills about 2,000 people annually, three times more than non-medical causes combined. Data sourced from WHO and UN population records. The report highlights consequences, risks, and benefits of quitting smoking.

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Impact of Smoking on Middle-Aged Mortality in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

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  1. Deaths from smoking in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

  2. Deaths from smokingin the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia • Particular emphasis is given to the number of deathsin middle age (defined as ages 35 to 69) • Available on www.deathsfromsmoking.net • This presentation provides estimates of the number of deaths caused by smoking in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

  3. Source of data: “Mortality from Smoking in Developed Countries, 1950–2000” • Uses WHO mortality data for lung cancer and for other diseases, and UN population data • Updated edition of a 1994 book, authored by an international team of scientists: – Richard Peto, Professor of Medical Statistics, University of Oxford – Alan Lopez, Professor of Medical Statistics, University of Queensland – Jillian Boreham, Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford – Michael Thun, Chief of Epidemiology, American Cancer Society www.deathsfromsmoking.net

  4. FYR Macedonia, year 2000 Annual deaths from smoking • About 1,000 die in middle age from smoking • Many of those killed in middle age would have lived on for 10, 20, 30 or more good years • About 20 years of life are lost, on average, by those killed in middle age by smoking • Smoking kills about 2,000 people a year in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia www.deathsfromsmoking.net

  5. 2,000smoking 728*non-medical Murder/assault Falls Suicide Drowning Road accidents Poisoning Plane crashes Fires Train crashes Floods/storms Accidents at work Other natural disasters Accidents at home Other accidents *in year 2000 FYR Macedonia, year 2000 Smoking causes about three times as many deaths as all non-medical causes put together www.deathsfromsmoking.net

  6. 700cancer* 800vascular (heart disease, stroke and other diseases of the arteries and veins) 200respiratory 300other *includes 500 (83%) ofthe 599 lung cancer deaths FYR Macedonia, year 2000 Smoking kills 2,000 people a year,from many different diseases www.deathsfromsmoking.net

  7. 3,000total cancer deaths 700 (23%)from smoking 650 (36%)from smoking 1,800male 1,200female 50 (4%)from smoking FYR Macedonia, year 2000 About one in four of all cancer deathsis due to smoking www.deathsfromsmoking.net

  8. FYR Macedonia, year 2000 Male deaths in middle age from smoking • This pattern is seen first in middle age, then in old age • The next three slides concentrate on male deathsin middle age • The main pattern of increase and, eventually, decrease in premature deaths from smoking is at a more advanced stage among men than among women www.deathsfromsmoking.net

  9. FYR Macedonia, year 2000 About one in three of all deaths inmiddle-aged men is due to smoking* *1,300 (33%) of the4,000 deaths at ages 35-69 www.deathsfromsmoking.net

  10. • 36 die in middle age* • 11 of these 36 deaths are from smoking 36% 11 *risks at year 2000death rates for ages 35-69 FYR Macedonia, year 2000 Of 100 men aged 35 years … www.deathsfromsmoking.net

  11. FYR Macedonia, year 2000 Summary for the whole population In the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: • Smoking kills about 2,000 men and women every year • About 1,000 die in middle age from smoking • Smoking causes about three times as many deaths as all non-medical causes put together • About one in four of all cancer deaths is due to smoking www.deathsfromsmoking.net

  12. Messages for the individual smoker • Those killed in middle age lose many years • Stopping smoking works • Even in early middle age, those who stop (before they have lung cancer or some other fatal disease) avoid most of their risk of being killed by tobacco • Stopping before middle age works even better • The risk is big: about half are killed www.deathsfromsmoking.net

  13. Deaths from smoking:an electronic resource • www.deathsfromsmoking.net • Published by • International Union Against Cancer (UICC), Geneva: Switzerland, 2006 • Funded by • Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU), University of Oxford • International Union Against Cancer (UICC) • Fogarty International Center, US NIH • UK Medical Research Council • Cancer Research UK • Project team Richard Peto, Judith Watt, Jillian Boreham • Project management Sinéad Jones • Advice and support Steve Woodward, Konrad Jamrozik, Lesley Walker, Trish Cotter • Design bwa-design.co.uk

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