Table 9.

Life table of women living in Scotland and elsewhere in the UK at recruitment to the RCGP Oral Contraception Study

Survival to age, years	Women surviving, %
	Number of cigarettes daily, Scotland			Number of cigarettes daily, elsewhere in the UK
	Non-smoker	<15	≥15	Non-smoker	<15	≥15
50	99	99	99	98	98	97
60	97	94	92	96	94	91
70	91	84	74	91	87	79
80	77	53	46	79	70	57
85	58	28	11	68	59	44
Median survival age	89.3	82.0	79.6	90.0	88.4	83.8