tcrc European tobacco control country profiles database 2000 Azerbaijan

Health impact of tobacco use *


Annual cigarette consumption *




Smoking prevalence *

Smoking prevalence in Azerbaijan
Adult1 (15 years+), 1999
Male 30.2 %
Female 1.1 %

1 Daily smoking based on household budget research results;
Azerbaijan's central statistics institute, 'AZSTAT' azstat@azeri.com




Deaths attributed to smoking *

Proportion of deaths attributed to smoking, 1990 *



Source: Peto, Lopez et al, 1992, 1994

Proportion of deaths attributed to smoking, 1990 *

Males

Females

Total

Lung cancer

84.7 %

0.0 %

69.0 %

All Cancer

29.1 %

0.0 %

17.1 %

Vascular

14.5 %

0.0 %

7.0 %

Respiratory

16.8 %

0.0 %

9.1 %

All Other

4.5 %

0.0 %

2.7 %

All Causes

13.5 %

0.0 %

7.3 %

Source:

Peto, Lopez et al, 1992, 1994






Source: M. A. Corrao, G. E. Guindon, N. Sharma, D. F. Shokoohi, eds. Tobacco control country profiles. Atlanta : The American Cancer Society, 2000. Published for the 11th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health.


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