Table 3.

Annual avoidable burden of CHD due to passive smoking, 2008-2037

	Status quo 2001		Trend case 2008
Exposure criterion: serum cotinine (ng/mL)	≥0.05	≥0.10	≥0.05	≥0.10
RR of CHD due to passive smoking: 1.26
Deaths
M	27,700	17,700	20,900	11,900
SE	800	700	800	600
Total MIs
M	48,400	31,400	36,500	21,500
SE	1,400	1,200	1,300	1,100
First MIs
M	27,600	18,000	20,900	12,300
SE	800	700	800	700
Total CHD events
M	58,400	37,800	44,100	25,900
SE	1,700	1,500	1,600	1,000
CHD treatment cost (million $ 2000 )
Mean	2,300	1,500	1,700	1,000
SE	100	100	100	100
RR of CHD due to passive smoking: 1.65
Deaths
M	59,300	38,100	44,600	25,800
SE	1,800	1,500	1,700	1,400
Total MIs
M	105,100	69,100	79,300	46,300
SE	3,400	2,800	3,000	2,500
First MIs
M	61,800	40,700	46,700	27,300
SE	2,000	1,600	1,800	1,500
Total CHD events
M	126,000	82,100	95,000	55,100
SE	4,000	3,300	3,600	2,900
CHD treatment cost (million $2000)
M	5,000	3,300	3,700	2,200
SE	200	100	100	100

CHD, coronary heart disease; MI, myocardial infarction; ng/mL, nanograms/milliliter; RR, relative risk