Quantifying environmental health impacts

Global estimates of burden of disease caused by environmental risks

Second-hand smoke



ALRI: Acute lower respiratory infections; IHD: Ischaemic heart disease.


Second hand smoke attributable deaths and DALYs ('000) by disease and by WHO regions, 2004


ALRI Otitis Asthma IHD Lung cancer
Deaths
Afr 43,206 6 3,547 5,623 453
Amr 5,729 13 1,169 13,344 821
Emr 32,115 11 3,022 27,425 429
Eur 6,170 2 4,643 120,610 1,782
Sear 60,421 23 13,976 85,528 2,496
Wpr 17,144 13 7,753 68,275 11,711
HIC 390 3 2,811 58,388 3,715
Total 165,176 71 36,921 379,193 21,406
DALYs ('000)
Afr 1,514 2 143 53 5
Amr 243 2 167 105 9
Emr 1,145 3 169 263 5
Eur 213 1 97 778 17
Sear 2,169 8 551 860 28
Wpr 641 8 546 480 120
HIC 15 2 225 297 32
Total 5,939 25 1,897 2,836 216

Afr: African Region (LMIC); Amr: Region of the Americas (LMIC); Emr: Eastern Mediterranean Region (LMIC); Eur: European Region (LMIC); Sear: South-East Asia Region (LMIC); WPR: Western Pacific Region (LMIC); HIC: High income regions.

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