Translation of "Cause fondamentale de décès " (French → English) :

D. whereas HIV/AIDS remains one of the leading causes of death globally, accounting for 2 million deaths in 2008, and is projected to continue as a significant global cause of premature mortality in the coming decades,

− (PT) A new comprehensive cancer approach is essential, because the disease is growing at almost epidemic rates at global level and is one of the main causes of death in the world, responsible for almost 13% of the total number of deaths in 2004 (nearly 1.7 million deaths every year); because it was the second-largest cause of death in 2006, with the majority of deaths resulting from lung cancer, colorectal cancer and breast cancer; and because one in three Europeans is still confronted with a diagnosis of cancer during their lifetime, and one in four Europeans ends up dying from it.

Each year more than 79 000 adults die in the EU Member States as a result of passive smoking, and there is proof that passive smoking in the workplace accounted for 7 000 deaths in the European Union in 2002, whilst exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke at home was responsible for a further 72 000 deaths.

Each year more than 79 000 adults die in the EU Member States as a result of passive smoking, and there is proof that passive smoking in the workplace accounted for 7 000 deaths in the European Union in 2002, whilst exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke at home was responsible for a further 72 000 deaths.

Tobacco-related diseases are the second biggest avoidable cause of death world-wide (around 5 million deaths every year), and the single largest cause of death in Europe.

Tobacco related diseases are the second biggest avoidable cause of death world-wide (around 5 million deaths every year), but the single largest cause of death in Europe: today, tobacco accounts for over 650,000 deaths every year in the twenty five Member States of the European Union, i.e. one in every seven deaths .