Table 5.
Smoking-attributable risks of mortality in a literature review and the present study
| Genders | Meng (1985) [28] | Jee et al. (1981-2003) [27] | Jung et al. (2012) [16] | Present study (2019)1 | Present study (2019)2 | KCDC (2019) [34] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 16.6 | 30.8 | 34.7 | 36.2 | 34.9 | 32.3 |
| Women | 3.5 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
KCDC, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; PAR, population attributable risk.
1
PARs for 2019 were estimated using the prevalence of smoking in 1985.
2
PARs for 2019 were estimated using the prevalence of smoking in 1995.