Smoking-related mortality decline among physicians - Rhode Island

Article Abstract:

Statistics regarding smoking-related mortality among white male physicians and other white males in Rhode Island are presented. Between 1963 and 1983, the number of white male physicians at least 25 years old who smoked declined by 73 percent. Of 89,593 deaths among white males between 1968 and 1987, 11 percent were due to smoking-related cancers, and 50 percent were due to heart disease and stroke. The chances of dying due to a smoking-related cancer were less for physicians and other professionals than for other white males in two periods surveyed (1968-78 and 1979-87). The chances of dying due to heart disease or stroke were greater in the earlier period for physicians and other professionals, but declined in the later period for physicians. They increased, however, for other professionals. The statistics suggest that among white males who are not physicians, half of the deaths due to smoking-related cancer and cardiovascular problems may be preventable, a possibility that will be exploited by state anti-smoking programs in Rhode Island. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)

Patient outcomes, Rhode Island

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Morbidity and mortality in relation to cigarette smoking in Shanghai, China: a prospective male cohort study

Article Abstract:

Cigarette smoking is responsible for a large proportion of the deaths in Chinese men. Researchers followed 18,244 men from four regions of Shanghai for an average of five years. Half of the men were smokers and half smoked more than 20 cigarettes a day. During the follow-up, there were 554 cases of cancer and 852 deaths. Forty-one percent of the deaths were from cancer and 23% were from stroke. Coronary heart disease was a major cause of death, but death rates were one-fifth the rate in the US. Smokers had twice the risk of cancer overall and more than six times the risk of lung cancer compared to non-smokers. Smokers who began smoking before they were 25 had more than twice the risk of lung cancer compared to those who started at 25 or older. Compared to non-smokers, smokers had twice the risk of developing chronic obstructive lung disease, twice the risk of developing coronary heart disease and three times the risk of developing other types of heart disease. Smoking caused 21% of the deaths overall and 36% of the cancers.

Causes of, Chinese, Chinese (Asian people)

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Smoking-attributable mortality - Mexico, 1992

Article Abstract:

Deaths from smoking-related diseases increased substantially in Mexico from 1970 to 1990. Researchers analyzed data on death rates per 100,000 people in Mexico from smoking-related diseases. In 1992, the number of deaths linked to smoking was 10,253. Death rates from lung cancer increased 220%. Premature mortality in adults who smoke has increased. Potential life lost before the age of 65 was 40,168 years from 1970 to 1990. The percentage of people who smoke cigarettes in Mexico, 26% in 1993, is on a par with the U.S. However, cigarette consumption per capita is lower in Mexico than in the U.S. Smoking has been linked to pulmonary disease, lung cancer and cancers of the mouth, esophagus, larynx, cervix and bladder, and cardiovascular diseases. These data will assist smoking prevention campaigns.

Smokers, Mexicans

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