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. 2017 Jan 30;27(1):58–64. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053305

Table 2.

Smoking-attributable burden of disease and labour force loss among adults aged 30–69 years

Burden of disease
Labour force loss
Years lost to disability Adult deaths All deaths Lost workers Labour lost: disability Labour lost: mortality
(000 years) (000s) (per cent) (000s) (000 years) (000 years)
High-income 4717 764 23 462 2721 5409
Upper-middle-income 3539 581 10 386 2300 4919
Lower-middle-income 4213 685 9 501 2988 6862
Low-income 1139 82 6 63 827 830
World 13 607 2112 12 1412 8837 18 021
Africa 361 37 3 20 204 258
Americas 2863 336 15 209 1730 2591
Eastern Mediterranean 714 76 6 51 442 710
Europe 3206 722 26 433 1817 5287
Southeast Asia 3863 558 10 422 2832 5663
Western Pacific 2601 382 9 277 1813 3512