Table 3.

 Mortality from all causes by sex and year of birth among never smokers and current smokers

Year of birth	Never smokers			Current smokers		Rate ratio (95% CI) current v never smokers
	No of deaths	Death rate*		No of deaths	Death rate*
Men:
<1890	40	43.0		72	53.4	1.24 (0.84 to 1.83)
1890-99	455	27.5		1529	38.2	1.39 (1.25 to 1.54)
1900-09	696	23.4		3122	34.9	1.49 (1.37 to 1.62)
1910-19	401	17.6		2300	27.3	1.55 (1.39 to 1.72)
1920-29	160	14.1		1384	25.7	1.82 (1.55 to 2.15)
1930-45	244	11.3		1705	21.7	1.92 (1.68 to 2.20)
						Ptrend=0.00001
Women:
<1890	418	35.8		82	47.2	1.32 (1.04 to 1.67)
1890-99	1977	29.0		364	40.0	1.38 (1.23 to 1.54)
1900-09	4421	23.6		757	33.3	1.41 (1.31 to 1.53)
1910-19	3779	14.9		744	25.2	1.69 (1.56 to 1.83)
1920-29	2608	11.7		514	21.3	1.82 (1.66 to 2.00)
1930-45	1147	9.6		217	17.2	1.79 (1.55 to 2.07)
						Ptrend<0.00001

*Rate per 1000 person years, standardised for age.