. 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^*
Age Group	Person Years	Deaths	Person Years	Deaths	RR^*
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.