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Annual deaths including avoidable causes

Cause	No. of deaths
(All deaths)	(1840)
Smoking	229
Alcohol	48
Other Drugs	7
Road Deaths	36

Annual deaths due to smoking

Disease	No. of deaths
Lung cancer	81
Mouth and throat cancer	4
Other cancers	25
Heart disease	39
Stroke	12
Chronic bronchitis & emphysema	64
Total deaths due to smoking	229

* Data for deaths during the four-year period 1999 — 2002 provided by the Cancer Epidemiology Centre, The Cancer Council Victoria, 1 Rathdowne Street, Carlton Vic 3053

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