About 438,000 U.S. Deaths Attributable Each Year to Cigarette Smoking*
- Lung cancer – 123,800 deaths
- Coronary heart disease – 86,800 deaths
- Chronic lung disease – 90,600 deaths
- Other diagnoses – 84,600 deaths
- Stroke – 17,400 deaths
- Other cancers – 34,700 deaths
* Average annual number of deaths, 1997-2001.
Source: MMWR2005;54(25):625-8.
Image/Data Source:
CDC – Targeting Tobacco Use: The Nation’s Leading Cause of Death