Comparitive Causes of Death

Deaths by Smoking in the USA (This info is now somewhat obsolete. Current figures are higher. As you can see by the graph above, total smoking deaths are now approximately 440,000 per year in the USA.)
Disease	Men	Women	Overall
Cancers
Lung	81,179	35,741	116,920
Lung from ETS	1,055	1,945	3,000
Other	21,659	9,743	31,402
Total	103,893	47,429	151,322
Cardiovascular Diseases
Hypertension	3,233	2,151	5,450
Heart Disease	88,644	45,591	134,235
Stroke	14,978	8,303	23,281
Other	11,682	5,172	16,854
Total	118,603	61,117	179,820
Respiratory Diseases
Pneumonia	11,292	7,881	19,173
Bronchitis/Emphysema	9,234	5,541	14,865
Chronic Airway Obstruction	30,385	18,579	48,982
Other	787	668	1,455
Total	51,788	32,689	84,475
Other Deaths
Diseases Among Infants	1,006	705	1,711
Burn Deaths	863	499	1,362
All Causes	276,153	142,537	418,690