Table 1 Deaths from COPD and lung cancer in 14 countries during the year 2008 (N = 5,568,827)

From: Differences in place of death between lung cancer and COPD patients: a 14-country study using death certificate data

Country

Abbreviations

Total number of deaths

COPD deaths (N)

COPD deaths (% of all deaths)

Lung cancer deaths (N)

Lung cancer deaths (% of all deaths)

France

FR

541,135

9274

1.7

29,221

5.4

Italy

IT

578,192

21,356

3.7

33,004

5.7

Spain (Andalusia)

ES

57,380

2564

4.5

3198

5.6

Belgium

BE

102,924

4751

4.6

6491

6.3

The Netherlands

NL

135,136

6303

4.9

9918

7.6

The Czech Republic

CZ

101,804

2161

2.1

5310

5.2

Hungary

HU

130,027

4875

3.7

8330

6.4

England

ENG

475,763

25,143

5.3

28,222

5.9

Wales

WAL

32,066

1730

5.4

2032

6.3

New Zealand

NZ

29,312

1837

6.3

1634

6.0

Canada

CA

182,134

8185

4.5

12,902

7.1

United States of America

USA

2,428,343

12,8021

5.3

15,8889

6.5

Mexico

MX

528,093

21,804

4.6

6563

1.2

Korea

KR

247,757

7349

3.0

14,883

6.0

Total

 

5,568,827

245,345

4.4

320,591

5.8

  1. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease