James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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646. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who died from smoking-related diseases in counties Longford and Westmeath in the years 2012 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11606/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Cause of Death Statistics are compiled in Ireland by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The World Health Organisation has selected the causes of death listed below as smoking related diseases and CSO statistics are compiled on this basis. They point out that this is a relatively rough indicator and is not an estimate of tobacco-attributable mortality.

Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00–C14);

Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15);

Malignant neoplasm of larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34);

Ischaemic heart diseases (I20–I25);

Cerebrovascular diseases (I60–I69); and

Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40–J47).

Data from the Central Statistics Office on Selected Smoking Related Causes of Death in counties Longford and Westmeath in the years 2012 and 2013 are set out in the table below. Data for 2014 is not yet available.

It should be noted that the data relating to 2013 are based on the year of registration of death (rather than the year of occurrence) and should be treated as provisional.