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

Table 2.

Predicted and preventable number (#) and proportions (%) of lung cancer cases by highest-level implementation of tobacco control policies over a 20-year period (2018–2037) and in 2037 in Europe by sex.

Region/Country Predicted lung cancer cases in 2018–2037
Preventable lung cancer cases in 2018–2037
Preventable lung cancer cases in 2037
Men Women Men Women Men Women
# # # (%) # (%) # (%) # (%)
Europe 4718,000 3095,000 935,000 (19·8) 718,000 (23·2) 83,000 (34·2) 66,000 (38·9)
Eastern Europe 742,000 400,000 154,000 (20·7) 103,000 (25·7) 13,000 (37·7) 9000 (44·1)
Bulgaria 58,400 17,600 12,600 (21·6) 4700 (26·8) 1000 (40·0) 400 (46·4)
Czech Republic 77,700 54,800 19,300 (24·8) 16,800 (30·6) 1600 (45·3) 1500 (52·6)
Hungary 116,400 102,900 22,500 (19·3) 24,600 (23·9) 1800 (35·4) 2100 (41·2)
Poland 282,700 141,100 59,000 (20·9) 36,000 (25·5) 5000 (37·7) 3100 (43·9)
Romania 165,300 62,100 30,000 (18·1) 13,900 (22·4) 2400 (33·1) 1200 (38·4)
Slovakia 41,600 21,900 10,600 (25·5) 6700 (30·8) 900 (44·4) 600 (51·6)
Southern Europe 1264,000 678,000 271,000 (21·5) 177,000 (26·1) 24,000 (37·0) 17,000 (42·8)
Cyprus 12,100 3400 3200 (26·8) 1100 (30·6) 300 (42·2) 100 (48·9)
Greece 142,500 52,800 37,700 (26·4) 17,100 (32·4) 3400 (45·3) 1600 (52·6)
Italy 551,600 365,700 116,300 (21·1) 94,300 (25·8) 10,400 (37·0) 8800 (43·0)
Malta 3100 3500 650 (21·0) 1000 (27·6) 50 (37·0) 100 (42·6)
Portugal 77,700 30,900 17,200 (22·1) 8200 (26·4) 1600 (37·7) 800 (43·8)
Slovenia 14,800 10,500 3600 (24·0) 3100 (29·1) 300 (43·1) 300 (49·9)
Spain 462,600 211,200 92,700 (20·0) 52,100 (24·6) 8430 (34·0) 5100 (39·5)
Western Europe 1851,000 1196,000 409,000 (22·1) 333,000 (27·2) 37,000 (38·3) 30,000 (45·6)
Austria 66,800 53,400 19,100 (28·5) 18,100 (33·9) 1800 (48·4) 1700 (56·1)
Belgium 119,800 72,500 26,700 (22·3) 19,400 (26·7) 2400 (38·5) 1700 (44·7)
France 672,600 359,200 105,000 (15·6) 68,300 (19·0) 9200 (27·1) 6400 (31·5)
Germany 749,900 543,400 205,200 (27·4) 178,200 (32·8) 18,500 (47·5) 16,100 (55·2)
Luxembourg 4300 2900 1200 (27·9) 1000 (33·2) 100 (47·4) < 100 (55·0)
Netherlands 178,900 143,400 37,600 (21·0) 34,300 (23·9) 3500 (35·5) 3000 (41·2)
Switzerland 58,200 50,300 13,800 (23·7) 14,100 (28·0) 1200 (40·8) 1300 (47·3)
Northern Europe 861,000 791,000 101,000 (11·8) 106,000 (13·4) 9000 (19·6) 10,000 (22·4)
Denmark 52,700 55,000 12,600 (23·9) 15,200 (27·6) 1100 (41·6) 1300 (48·3)
Estonia 10,000 4600 2200 (22·4) 1300 (27·5) 200 (40·7) 100 (47·4)
Finland 38,000 26,500 6600 (17·4) 5600 (21·0) 600 (30·2) 500 (35·2)
Iceland 1500 2400 200 (13·6) 400 (16·1) < 100 (23·4) < 100 (27·2)
Ireland 38,600 35,600 5400 (13·9) 5800 (16·4) 500 (22·6) 600 (26·3)
Latvia 14,500 4700 3200 (22·3) 1300 (28·1) 300 (42·2) 100 (49·0)
Lithuania 19,000 6900 4400 (23·3) 2000 (29·5) 400 (43·0) 200 (50·0)
Norway 40,600 35,900 6700 (16·5) 6800 (18·9) 600 (27·9) 600 (32·5)
Sweden 41,200 46,100 8200 (19·9) 10,600 (23·0) 700 (35·5) 900 (41·2)
United Kingdom 605,000 573,500 51,900 (8·6) 56,800 (9·9) 4900 (14·4) 5200 (16·7)