**Table 3 – Tobacco Related Deaths by smoking status, 2015**

||||**Smoker**||||**N**|**on-smok**|**er**|||||**Unk**|**nown**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**15-24**|**25-34**|**35-54**|**55-74**|**75+**|**15-24**|**25-34**|**35-54**|**55-74**|**75+**|**0-1**|**2-5**|**6-14**|**15-24**|**25-34**|**35-54**|**55-74**|**75+**|**Total**|
|**Tobacco related deaths**|_332_|_2,304_|_10,364_|_15,030_|_4,725_|_1,894_|_5,629_|_15,272_|_22,834_|_23,041_|_3,922_|_748_|_961_|_1,416_|_4,699_|_16,734_|_25,066_|_18,270_|_173,241_|
|COPD|8|70|819|2,613|833|90|206|701|1,801|1,466|73|55|65|62|197|1,123|3,191|1,706|15,079|
|Tuberculosis|175|1,291|3,910|2,314|309|885|2,828|5,391|2,748|834|261|138|269|622|2,248|5,556|2,538|518|32,835|
|Ischemic heart disease|4|47|596|1,159|363|23|62|606|1,864|2,167|2|1|2|23|76|873|2,336|1,999|12,203|
|Lung cancer|-|-|1|1|-|-|-|-|2|1|-|-|-|-|-|2|3|1|11|
|Upper aero-digestive cancers|-|2|80|200|28|4|6|52|110|58|-|1|2|3|8|125|291|65|1,035|
|Digestive, urinary, cervical cancer|3|37|515|1,251|276|30|90|796|1,964|1,285|15|10|18|26|111|1,061|2,709|1,240|11,437|
|Stroke and other vascular conditions|57|297|2,136|5,150|2,236|311|872|4,069|10,975|13,925|399|135|176|258|769|4,308|10,537|10,058|66,668|
|Other respiratory diseases|56|401|1,589|1,650|565|361|1,122|2,577|2,309|2,672|2,993|347|313|296|921|2,453|2,220|2,159|25,004|
|Other medical conditions|29|159|718|692|115|190|443|1,080|1,061|633|179|61|116|126|369|1,233|1,241|524|8,969|
|**Other causes of death**|3,175|8,676|17,488|13,765|3,868|7,656|15,896|29,800|28,624|22,846|36,946|3,418|4,501|6,293|14,101|30,124|30,316|19,604|**297,097**|
|**Total**|3,507|10,980|27,852|28,795|8,593|9,550|21,525|45,072|51,458|45,887|40,868|4,166|5,462|7,709|18,800|46,858|55,382|37,874|**470,338**|
|_Source:_Stats SA 2017.<br>_Note:_A smoker is defined as someo<br>started less than five years before d<br>for individuals ages 15 or older.|ne who s<br>eath, the a<br>|moked an<br>nswer is<br>|y form o<br>No. If sm<br>|f tobacc<br>oking sta<br>|o on mo<br>rted mo<br>|st days (a<br>re than fi<br>|n averag<br>ve years<br>|e of mor<br>before d<br>|e than six<br>eath, but<br>|months<br>for less th<br>|a year, o<br>an six m<br>|r four o<br>onths, t<br>|r more d<br>hen the a<br>|ays a we<br>nswer is<br>|ek), five<br>No. Sm<br>|years pr<br>oking st<br>|eviously. I<br>atus is onl<br>|f smoking<br>y reported<br>|<br> <br>|

**Table 4 - Tobacco Related Deaths by gender and age groups, 2015 (broad groups, limited to smokers)**

||||**Wo**<br>|**men**<br>|||||**M**<br>|**en**<br>|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**15–24**|**25–34**|**35–54**|**55–74**|**75+**|**Total**|**15–24**|**25–34**|**35–54**|**55–74**|**75+**|**Total**|
|**Tobacco related deaths**|**107**|**393**|**1,692**|**3,639**|**2,099**|**7,930**|**225**|**1,911**|**8,672**|**11,391**|**2,626**|**24,825**|
|Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease|1|16|198|734|286|**1,235**|7|54|621|1,879|547|**3,108**|
|Tuberculosis|74|229|484|346|84|**1,217**|101|1,062|3,426|1,968|225|**6,782**|
|Ischemic heart disease|2|8|83|281|163|**537**|2|39|513|878|200|**1,632**|
|Lung cancer|-|-|-|-|-|**-**|-|-|1|1|-|**2**|
|Upper aero-digestive cancers|-|2|15|34|12|**63**|-|-|65|166|16|**247**|
|Digestive, urinary, cervical cancer|-|5|100|288|98|**491**|3|32|415|963|178|**1,591**|
|Stroke and other vascular conditions|9|49|438|1,478|1,197|**3,171**|48|248|1,698|3,672|1,039|**6,705**|
|Other respiratory diseases|15|54|252|325|210|**856**|41|347|1,337|1,325|355|**3,405**|
|Other medical conditions|6|30|122|153|49|**360**|23|129|596|539|66|**1,353**|
|Other causes of death|340|1,035|2,754|3,390|1,757|**9,276**|2,835|7,641|14,734|10,375|2,111|**37,696**|
|**Total**|554|1,821|6,138|10,668|5,955|**17,206**|3,285|11,463|32,078|33,157|7,363|**62,521**|
|_Source:_Stats SA 2017.<br>_Note:_A smoker is defined as someone who smok|ed any form of to|bacco on m|ost days (an|average of|more than si|x months a|year, or fou|r or more da|ys a week), fi|ve years pre|viously. If|smoking started|

_Note:_ A smoker is defined as someone who smoked any form of tobacco on most days (an average of more than six months a year, or four or more days a week), five years previously. If smoking started less than five years before death, the answer is No. If smoking started more than five years before death, but for less than six months, then the answer is No. Annex C reports mortality by smoking status <mark>and gender.</mark> 11