Press Release: More than 670 000 persons died in the EU from respiratory diseases

In the European Union (EU) in 2012, diseases of the respiratory system, including lung cancer, were the cause of death for 671 900 persons, 13% of all deaths. Men (398 400 deaths due to respiratory diseases) were more affected than women (273 600).

Among the various diseases of the respiratory system, lung cancer (leading to the deaths of 268 600 persons, or 40% of all deaths due to respiratory diseases), bronchitis and other chronic lower respiratory diseases (161 500 deaths, or 24%) and pneumonia (127 400 deaths, or 19%) were particularly prominent in the EU as causes of deaths.

• Primary Source

EurActiv, 21.09.15: Respiratory diseases are EU's biggest killer http://www.euractiv.com/sections/health-consumers/respiratory-diseases-are-eus-biggest-killer-317798

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