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. 2021 Mar 18;4:100074. doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100074

Table 1.

Age-standardised smoking prevalence (35+ years), Tobacco Control Scale (TCS) scores in 2016, estimated number of cases and age-standardised incidence rates for lung cancer in 2017 in Europe by sex.

Region/country Smoking prevalence 1
TCS Lung cancer cases
Incidence rate per 100,000
Men Women Men Women Men Women
Europe 27·4 20·2 227,030 126,520 123·2 69·8
Eastern Europe 34·4 22·3 40,170 17,460 140·8 51·7
Bulgaria 45·4 26·7 47 3250 790 138·4 30·5
Czech Republic 32·3 19·6 40 4320 2410 123·2 65·7
Hungary 29·5 20·3 53 6480 4560 185·1 101·1
Poland 35·7 25·3 50 15,290 6110 138·1 47·6
Romania 33·8 18·8 56 8830 2710 136·4 35·8
Slovakia 26·3 17·8 41 2010 880 136·8 52·0
Southern Europe 32·3 21·1 60,600 25,940 119·0 51·4
Cyprus 39·0 15·2 44 400 120 126·8 38·6
Greece 42·8 35·8 40 6660 1940 138·1 38·3
Italy 32·3 16·8 51 28,266 14,910 112·4 62·6
Malta 32·3 16·5 51 150 100 96·0 71·5
Portugal 29·8 17·3 50 3480 1240 86·2 24·2
Slovenia 30·9 21·8 43 790 460 110·1 63·0
Spain 30·4 23·7 55 20,860 7180 130·3 45·7
Western Europe 26·4 20·8 86,640 49,410 127·2 74·3
Austria 34·1 22·7 36 3010 2100 100·7 70·8
Belgium 23·4 17·6 49 5680 2860 148·3 78·8
France 41·0 31·6 64 31,580 13,770 146·9 64·5
Germany 26·8 22·1 37 36,530 22,320 114·8 73·8
Luxembourg 27·0 12·3 37 210 120 86·4 54·7
Netherlands 21·7 16·5 53 7880 6150 129·3 112·2
Switzerland 28·9 20·8 46 2760 2100 93·9 76·8
Northern Europe 16·3 15·6 38,620 33,700 105·9 101·0
Denmark 19·6 18·3 45 2500 2560 119·9 136·5
Estonia 31·7 14·9 46 550 210 146·4 40·7
Finland 24·6 15·1 60 1800 1060 86·0 51·8
Iceland 13·3 12·6 69 70 100 73·3 120·1
Ireland 18·1 15·9 70 1520 1280 113·7 107·3
Latvia 48·2 21·9 44 880 220 125·0 25·9
Lithuania 43·5 17·8 43 1090 310 134·1 27·0
Norway 22·0 17·4 63 1770 1560 101·7 102·0
Sweden 4·9 9·7 53 2090 2240 55·9 69·4
United Kingdom 14·0 15·9 81 26,350 24,160 111·5 113·2
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Age-standardised smoking prevalence for Europe and the European regions were calculated by weighting according to population sizes.