Mortality from smoking in developed countries, 1950-2000: indirect estimates from national vital statistics

Abstract

Introduction: the scale of the epidemic Purpose of the monograph Format of 51 sets of main tables and figures, one set per population Format of 54 sets of appendix tables, one set per population Methods, as described in original Lancet Report Selected results Contrasts between developed populations in smoking-attributed mortality, and in other mortality Explanatory methods Developing populations: future health effects on current smoking patterns Main tables and figures for 51 populations.