Age-standardised death rates from three leading tobacco-related causes of death during 2004
| WHO region | Death rate (per 100 000 persons/year) | ||
| Respiratory diseases | Cardiovascular diseases | Lung cancer | |
| Africa | 92 | 390 | 8 |
| South-East Asia | 98 | 365 | 14 |
| Eastern Mediterranean | 61 | 458 | 12 |
| Western Pacific | 103 | 243 | 29 |
| Americas | 41 | 202 | 27 |
| European | 26 | 332 | 29 |
| World | 71 | 301 | 23 |
Data source: WHO Global Burden of Disease survey, 2004 (https://apps.who.int/infobase/Mortality.aspx?l=&Group1=RBTCntyByRg&DDLCntyByRg=EUR&DDLCntyName=1004&DDLYear=2004&TextBoxImgName=go).