This past November 20th, the American Cancer Society held its 32nd annual Great American Smokeout and November 19th was World Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Day. The CDC dedicated its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report to health concerns related to Cigarette Smoking. In this report, the CDC analyzed data from the 2007 Health Interview Survey (NHIS), and from a 2005 analysis of the CDC’s Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Morbidity, and Economic Costs (SAMMEC) system.
According to the CDC, one in five U.S. adults are current smokers and every year 443,000 people in the country die prematurely due to smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke. Also, between 2000-2004, 269,655 males and 173,940 females died every year as a result of smoking. The leading causes of smoking-attributable deaths were lung cancer, ischemic heart disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Also, an average of 776 infants died every year as a result of smoking during pregnancy. (MMWR, 11/14/08, Vol.57, No.45)
In 2005, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was the underlining cause of one in every 20 deaths in the U.S. and smoking can be attributed to 75% of all COPD deaths. Also, additional coasts for health-care for each COPD patient are $6,000 per year. CDC data by state for deaths from COPD, for adults aged 25 and older are available in Finder!. The following map shows the death rates of males and females at the same scale. While the female death rate is much lower than the male death rate, the total number of deaths was higher for women than for men. (MMWR, 11/14/08, Vol.57, No.45)
In the next map, the death rate of Males is shown along with Finder’s! dataset on smoking bans by state in the U.S. in 2008 (the smaller the circle, the more extensive the ban).
The six states with the highest deaths rates in 2005 have no statewide smoking bans as of September 2008 with the exception of Vermont. Further, the majority of states with the most extensive smoking bans are states with the lowest deaths rates. This reflects a disconnect between a public health need for smoking ban, and actual legislation.
To see the map of death rates by gender, click here and for the map on smoking bans click here.
More datasets related to smoking:
Lung cancer incidence and death rates by gender, USA by state, 2001-2005
NYC Community Health Survey 2006 – NYC Dept. Health and Mental Hygiene
CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (MMSAs), USA, 2007
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