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. 2023 May 4;33(5):e057618. doi: 10.1136/tc-2022-057618

Table 1. Annual burden of mortality, disease incidence and years of life lost (YLL) attributable to tobacco, by cause and country for 2020.

Deaths Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador Mexico Peru Total
CV disease 10 045 (22.4%) 33 179 (20.5%) 2986 (15.6%) 7952 (26.2%) 519 (23.9%) 1451 (21.3%) 19 529 (30.9%) 2252 (10.1%) 77 914(22.2%)
Stroke 2175 (4.9%) 10 041 (6.2%) 1249 (6.5%) 1656 (5.5%) 94 (4.3%) 471 (6.9%) 4093 (6.5%) 1538 (6.9%) 21 317(6.1%)
COPD 9117 (20.4%) 37 686 (23.3%) 5731 (30.0%) 8539 (28.1%) 628 (28.9%) 2010 (29.5%) 17 218 (27.3%) 7625 (34.1%) 88 554(25.3%)
Pneumonia 3928 (8.8%) 12 201 (7.5%) 701 (3.7%) 783 (2.6%) 97 (4.5%) 514 (7.6%) 4080 (6.5%) 2875 (12.8%) 25 180(7.2%)
Lung cancer 8591 (19.2%) 24 443 (15.1%) 3221 (16.8%) 4337 (14.3%) 254 (11.7%) 680 (10.0%) 5122 (8.1%) 2420 (10.8%) 49 068(14.0%)
Other cancers 5752 (12.9%) 25 683 (15.9%) 3038 (15.9%) 3584 (11.8%) 332 (15.3%) 898 (13.2%) 5849 (9.3%) 3090 (13.8%) 48 226(13.8%)
Secondhand smoke 5149 (11.5%) 18 620 (11.5%) 2201 (11.5%) 3491 (11.5%) 250 (11.5%) 783 (11.5%) 7266 (11.5%) 2574 (11.5%) 40 334(11.5%)
Total 44 758(100%) 161 853(100%) 19 128(100%) 30 341(100%) 2174(100%) 6807(100%) 63 157(100%) 22 374(100%) 350 593(100%)
Disease events
 CV disease 61 512 (27.2%) 444 953 (40.0%) 31 345 (26.0%) 45 463 (27.6%) 7662 (45.5%) 16 437 (32.3%) 138 841 (32.4%) 9396 (7.4%) 755 611(33.6%)
 Stroke 11 404 (5.0%) 52 737 (4.7%) 12 581 (10.4%) 16 636 (10.1%) 372 (2.2%) 3845 (7.6%) 34 727 (8.1%) 10 655 (8.4%) 142 957(6.4%)
 COPD 101 695 (44.9%) 433 729 (39.0%) 62 745 (52.0%) 85 605 (52.0%) 7158 (42.5%) 23 818 (46.8%) 196 491 (45.8%) 74 959 (59.1%) 986 200(43.9%)
 Pneumonia 32 687 (14.4%) 114 978 (10.3%) 5529 (4.6%) 6836 (4.1%) 773 (4.6%) 4748 (9.3%) 43 945 (10.2%) 24 169 (19.1%) 233 665(10.4%)
 Lung cancer 9538 (4.2%) 26 126 (2.3%) 3696 (3.1%) 4652 (2.8%) 322 (1.9%) 755 (1.5%) 6060 (1.4%) 2730 (2.2%) 53 880(2.4%)
 Other cancers 9654 (4.3%) 40 261 (3.6%) 4840 (4.0%) 5589 (3.4%) 567 (3.4%) 1322 (2.6%) 9002 (2.1%) 4845 (3.8%) 76 081(3.4%)
Total 226 490(100%) 1 112 785(100%) 120 736(100%) 164 782(100%) 16 855(100%) 50 926(100%) 429 066(100%) 126 754(100%) 2 248 394(100%)
YLL
YLL due to premature mortality
 CV disease 248 276 (22.3%) 981 080 (22.5%) 71 643 (16.0%) 159 276 (23.2%) 13 260 (25.1%) 38 746 (22.6%) 500 288 (31.4%) 53 255 (10.3%) 2 065 824(23.1%)
 Stroke 68 787 (6.2%) 327 639 (7.5%) 33 411 (7.5%) 50 428 (7.3%) 2683 (5.1%) 15 253 (8.9%) 123 195 (7.7%) 42 520 (8.3%) 663 916(7.4%)
 COPD 217 999 (19.5%) 923 920 (21.2%) 134 023 (30.0%) 189 782 (27.6%) 14 865 (28.1%) 48 293 (28.2%) 407 178 (25.5%) 173 354 (33.6%) 2 109 413(23.6%)
 Pneumonia 74 253 (6.7%) 261 012 (6.0%) 11 282 (2.5%) 14 975 (2.2%) 1961 (3.7%) 10 391 (6.1%) 91 872 (5.8%) 50 199 (9.7%) 515 945(5.8%)
 Lung cancer 218 342 (19.6%) 613 890 (14.1%) 70 941 (15.9%) 102 710 (15.0%) 5624 (10.6%) 15 062 (8.8%) 122 531 (7.7%) 56 575 (11.0%) 1 205 674(13.5%)
 Other cancers 158 666 (14.2%) 747 008 (17.1%) 74 166 (16.6%) 90 123 (13.1%) 8292 (15.7%) 23 343 (13.6%) 163 924 (10.3%) 80 529 (15.6%) 1 346 051(15.1%)
 Secondhand smoke 129 244 (11.6%) 504 482 (11.6%) 51 410 (11.5%) 79 347 (11.6%) 6188 (11.7%) 20 049 (11.7%) 186 397 (11.7%) 58 926 (11.4%) 1 036 042(11.6%)
Total premature mortality 1 115 566(100%) 4 359 030(100%) 446 875(100%) 686 641(100%) 52 873(100%) 171 137(100%) 1 595 386(100%) 515 357(100%) 8 942 865(100%)
YLL due to disability
 CV disease 32 951 (10.7%) 318 543 (19.9%) 20 972 (11.0%) 22 730 (8.9%) 2384 (10.0%) 17 962 (24.3%) 107 197 (17.5%) 9956 (5.0%) 532 695(16.3%)
 Stroke 22 180 (7.2%) 111 747 (7.0%) 23 544 (12.4%) 38 579 (15.1%) 648 (2.7%) 7541 (10.2%) 70 716 (11.5%) 26 697 (13.4%) 301 653(9.2%)
 COPD 152 870 (49.5%) 634 656 (39.7%) 94 419 (49.6%) 139 976 (54.9%) 10 562 (44.5%) 34 058 (46.1%) 288 704 (47.1%) 122 076 (61.1%) 1 477 320(45.3%)
 Pneumonia 98 (0.0%) 345 (0.0%) 17 (0.0%) 21 (0.0%) 02 (0.0%) 14 (0.0%) 132 (0.0%) 73 (0.0%) 701(0.0%)
 Lung cancer 32 666 (10.6%) 137 949 (8.6%) 12 015 (6.3%) 10 565 (4.1%) 2508 (10.6%) 1618 (2.2%) 26 460 (4.3%) 6301 (3.2%) 230 081(7.1%)
 Other cancers 32 673 (10.6%) 211 429 (13.2%) 17 594 (9.2%) 13 801 (5.4%) 4848 (20.4%) 4038 (5.5%) 47 651 (7.8%) 11 933 (6.0%) 343 968(10.5%)
 Secondhand smoke 35 587 (11.5%) 183 828 (11.5%) 21 752 (11.4%) 29 371 (11.5%) 2775 (11.7%) 8677 (11.7%) 71 543 (11.7%) 22 765 (11.4%) 376 297(11.5%)
Total disability 309 025(100%) 1 598 497(100%) 190 312(100%) 255 042(100%) 23 727(100%) 73 909(100%) 612 402(100%) 199 801(100%) 3 262 715(100%)
YLL due to premature mortality 1 115 566 (78.3%) 4 359 030 (73.2%) 446 875 (70.1%) 686 641 (72.9%) 52 873 (69.0%) 171 137 (69.8%) 1 595 386 (72.3%) 515 357 (72.1%) 8 942 865(73.3%)
YLL due to disability 309 025 (21.7%) 1 598 497 (26.8%) 190 312 (29.9%) 255 042 (27.1%) 23 727 (31.0%) 73 909 (30.2%) 612 402 (27.7%) 199 801 (27.9%) 3 262 715(26.7%)
Total YLL 1 424 591(100%) 5 957 526(100%) 637 187(100%) 941 683(100%) 76 600(100%) 245 046(100%) 2 207 788(100%) 715 158(100%) 12 205 580(100%)

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CV, cardiovascular