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. 2020 Aug 12;18:222. doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01677-9

Table 4.

Number of deaths and DALYs lost from SLT use in 2017, by WHO sub-region as defined in Additional file 1: Appendix 1

WHO sub-regionsa Mouth cancer Pharyngeal cancer Oesophageal cancer Ischaemic heart disease All causes
M F All M F All M F All M F All M F All
Deaths
 Africa D 184 83 267 120 37 157 294 124 418 3414 1497 4911 4012 1741 5753
 Africa E 305 149 454 95 41 136 449 276 725 2231 1797 4027 3079 2263 5343
 Americas A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10,298 565 10,863 10,298 565 10,863
 Americas B 1189 112 1301 46 4 50 103 12 115 1275 260 1535 2613 389 3001
 Americas D 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 76 76 0 82 82
 Eastern Mediterranean B 27 3 31 21 1 22 13 1 14 818 122 940 879 128 1007
 Eastern Mediterranean D 5488 3756 9244 611 138 749 752 269 1021 13,062 1982 15,045 19,913 6146 26,059
 Europe A 69 14 84 30 3 33 246 42 288 0 0 0 346 60 405
 Europe B 286 5 291 85 1 86 189 2 192 6552 163 6715 7112 170 7283
 Europe C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Southeast Asia B 663 467 1130 394 148 542 260 123 383 5014 3349 8363 6330 4087 10,418
 Southeast Asia D 25,966 9829 35,795 16,378 4499 20,876 9366 3493 12,859 147,065 50,509 197,573 198,774 68,329 267,103
 Western Pacific A 8 2 11 3 1 4 8 2 10 53 23 76 73 27 100
 Western Pacific B 781 173 954 611 44 655 1841 49 1890 7084 798 7883 10,317 1065 11,382
 Worldwide 34,966 14,597 49,563 18,394 4918 23,312 13,519 4397 17,916 196,867 61,140 258,006 263,746 85,052 348,798
DALYs
 Africa D 5350 2499 7849 3823 1245 5068 7860 3166 11,027 78,500 31,152 109,651 95,533 38,062 133,595
 Africa E 9242 4105 13,348 3174 1323 4497 12,358 6590 18,948 59,082 32,930 92,012 83,856 44,948 128,804
 Americas A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 180,756 6870 187,626 180,756 6870 187,626
 Americas B 2283 315 2598 1321 104 1425 2562 261 2823 28,177 4397 32,575 34,344 5077 39,421
 Americas D 0 68 68 0 34 34 0 62 62 0 1745 1745 0 1909 1909
 Eastern Mediterranean B 758 90 848 593 42 634 301 23 324 16,420 1919 18,339 18,072 2073 20,145
 Eastern Mediterranean D 177,353 126,901 304,254 19,303 4655 23,958 20,904 7393 28,298 324,744 46,679 371,423 542,305 185,628 727,933
 Europe A 1618 272 1890 686 76 763 4959 682 5641 0 0 0 7263 1030 8293
Europe B 5714 106 5820 2642 30 2672 4871 55 4926 141,562 2177 143,740 154,789 2369 157,158
Europe C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Southeast Asia B 17,730 10,792 28,523 11,164 4319 15,484 6608 2951 9558 122,177 68,896 191,073 157,679 86,958 244,637
 Southeast Asia D 767,549 258,275 1,025,824 471,141 131,531 602,672 252,556 87,759 340,314 3,697,819 1,114,976 4,812,796 5,189,065 1,592,540 6,781,606
 Western Pacific A 201 48 249 78 15 93 166 24 191 809 233 1042 1255 320 1575
 Western Pacific B 20,556 3795 24,351 18,452 1324 19,776 40,948 1055 42,003 157,624 15,371 172,995 237,580 21,545 259,124
 Worldwide 1,008,356 407,266 1,415,621 532,378 144,696 677,074 354,093 110,021 464,114 4,807,671 1,327,346 6,135,017 6,702,497 1,989,330 8,691,827