Table 2 Demographic characteristics of people with COPD or lung cancer who died during 2008 in 14 countries (N = 562,151)

		Number of deaths	Age (%)			Sex (%)	Marital status (%)
			18–64	65–84	85 or older	Female	Unmarried	Married	Widowed/divorced
France	COPD	9274	10.2	30.0	59.6	37.5	12.4	40.4	47.3
	Lung cancer	29,221	40.4	40.3	19.3	23.6	11.4	60.8	27.8
Italy	COPD	21,356	3.5	26.2	70.3	39.3	10.8	42.5	46.7
	Lung cancer	33,004	22.3	50.7	27.0	23.4	8.1	69.3	22.6
Spain (Andalusia)	COPD	2564	6.0	38.7	55.2	20.6	9.1	53.3	37.6
	Lung cancer	3198	33.1	47.1	19.8	13.7	8.5	71.6	19.9
Belgium	COPD	4751	11.5	37.2	51.2	36.5	8.2	43.0	48.8
	Lung cancer	6491	30.9	47.3	21.8	23.8	7.1	61.3	31.7
The Netherlands	COPD	6303	9.4	36.8	53.7	44.2	59.7	40.3	N/A
	Lung cancer	9918	31.5	48.5	20.0	35.6	38.9	61.1	N/A
The Czech Republic	COPD	2161	21.4	42.4	36.2	39.7	8.0	39.9	52.1
	Lung cancer	531	39.6	46.7	13.6	27.4	5.7	57.2	37.1
Hungary	COPD	4875	15.8^a	48.4^a	35.7^a	40.9	9.5	36.3	54.1
	Lung cancer	833	33.5^a	55.5^a	10.9^a	32.8	7.5	53.6	38.9
England	COPD	25,143	10.5	39.2	50.1	48.7	7.8	36.9	55.3
	Lung cancer	28,222	22.3	48.2	29.5	43.2	6.8	51.3	41.9
Wales	COPD	173	9.1	40.8	50.1	50.8	6.0	39.0	54.9
	Lung cancer	2032	22.5	49.2	28.3	42.4	6.1	51.8	42.1
New Zealand	COPD	1837	12.2	37.8	49.9	50.2	^b	^b	^b
	Lung cancer	1634	28.8	47.1	24.1	45.6	^b	^b	^b
Canada	COPD	8185	8.5	34.3	57.1	46.9	7.7	36.8	55.6
	Lung cancer	12,902	26.7	47.7	25.7	46.0	6.8	55.5	37.7
USA	COPD	128,021	14.2	40.2	45.4	52.1	6.3	36.2	57.5
	Lung cancer	158,889	28.8	47.1	24.1	44.3	6.0	51.0	43.0
Mexico	COPD	21,804	11.8	35.9	51.4	44.5	11.2	44.6	44.2
	Lung cancer	6563	31.3	47.3	21.3	33.7	10.8	61.8	27.4
Korea	COPD	7349	7.9	42.8	49.3	38.7	2.8	47.7	49.7
	Lung cancer	14,883	25.3	56.3	18.4	26.4	2.3	69.2	28.5

Note: Percentages are row percentages. Percentages may not add up to 100 due to rounding
^aFor age, the Hungarian file was delivered using a different aggregation: 0–17, 18–59, 60–79 (65–84), 80 or above (85 or above)
^bVariable not available for the country; N/A: category within variable not presented on the data file of the Netherlands; variable was dichotomized into married or not

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