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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2009 Feb 4;19(4):343–348. doi: 10.1038/jes.2008.73

Table 4.

Relative Risk of Lung Cancer Mortality for Smokers and Non-Smokers

Age Group Never Smokers Current Smokers RR*
Person Years Deaths Person Years Deaths
40-43 82335 0 46626 5
44-48 248278 9 135527 62 12.62
49-53 426334 20 237120 195 17.53
54-58 475964 33 253832 398 22.62
59-63 466829 61 217673 592 20.81
64-68 394931 75 144344 622 22.69
69-73 291341 91 80558 518 20.59
74-80 235547 93 38664 332 21.75
*

The data from which the relative risk estimates were calculated come from Table 4 of Halpern M et al.