Table 2.
Cigarette smoking prevalence and age-adjusted lung cancer mortality rates (per 100,00) in selected countries (women).
| Lung Cancer Mortality Rate | Smoking Prevalence (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LOW (<10) | MEDIUM (11–20) | HIGH (>20) | |
| LOW (<1.6) | Nigeria Swaziland Ghana |
Guinea | |
| MODERATELY LOW (1.6 – 3.3) | India Morocco Iran Djibouti Oman Pakistan |
Burundi Uganda Egypt |
Kenya Nepal Namibia Bangladesh |
| MODERATELY HIGH (6.0 – 10.0) | Costa Rica Russian Federation Iraq Indonesia Viet Nam Thailand |
Ecuador Mexico South Africa Peru Japan Finland |
Brazil Greece Chile France Romania Italy Israel |
| HIGH (10.1 – 27.8) | Malaysia Korea Bahrain Philippines China |
Canada Belgium |
Venezuela Germany Norway United States Denmark |