Directly age-standardised rate per 100’000 population of deaths attributable to smoking for all persons aged 35+ in the years 2003-05, 2004-06 and 2005-07.
Smoking still accounts for between 1 in 6 and 1 in 10 of all deaths in England, and accounts for about half of the inequality in death rates between spearhead and non-spearhead areas. It remains the biggest single cause of preventable mortality and morbidity in the world. This indicator is included in order to help focus action on tackling smoking related disease and to help prioritise actions to tackle health inequalities. It also aims to promote better measurement of smoking prevalence. Smoking related deaths is a powerful proxy measure of overall health and predictor of health care demand.
This indicator has been discontinued and so there will be no further updates.
Legacy unique identifier: P01070