Brussels: Lung Cancer

In Brussels, there were 1,629 deaths from lung cancer over the study period (2001 - 2004).  This figure consists of 1,131 male deaths and 498 female deaths and is based on death certificate records linked to Census data.  The spatial distribution of mortality due to lung cancer in Brussels is demonstrated in the maps below, shown separately for men and women.  For further information about how these maps were created, please visit the methodological section of the Atlas.

Men

Smoothed Standardised Mortality Ratio (sSMR)

Probability that sSMR is Higher than 100

Women

Smoothed Standardised Mortality Ratio (sSMR)

Probability that sSMR is Higher than 100