Table 4.
Sex- and area-specific decomposition results of the difference in gained life expectancy (years) estimated by elimination of major smoking-associated diseases
| Cause of death | Gains in LE by eliminating a cause of death for non-smokers (1) | Gains in LE by eliminating a cause of death for smokers (2) | Difference (3)=(2)-(1) or (4) + (5) | First term in equation 2 (4)* | Second term in equation 2 (5)Ŧ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Urban men |
|
|
|
|
|
| Neoplasm |
2.41 |
3.15 |
0.74 |
-0.45 |
1.19 |
| Vascular disease |
4.29 |
3.48 |
-0.81 |
-1.19 |
0.38 |
| Respiratory disease |
1.49 |
1.99 |
0.51 |
-0.40 |
0.91 |
|
Rural men |
|
|
|
|
|
| Neoplasm |
2.78 |
3.10 |
0.33 |
-0.51 |
0.84 |
| Vascular disease |
2.99 |
2.43 |
-0.56 |
-0.86 |
0.31 |
| Respiratory disease |
2.37 |
2.86 |
0.49 |
-0.55 |
1.04 |
|
Urban women |
|
|
|
|
|
| Neoplasm |
1.92 |
2.54 |
0.63 |
-0.28 |
0.90 |
| Vascular disease |
4.12 |
3.76 |
-0.36 |
-0.82 |
0.47 |
| Respiratory disease |
1.57 |
2.37 |
0.80 |
-0.26 |
1.06 |
|
Rural women |
|
|
|
|
|
| Neoplasm |
2.07 |
2.32 |
0.25 |
-0.39 |
0.64 |
| Vascular disease |
2.89 |
2.60 |
-0.29 |
-0.71 |
0.42 |
| Respiratory disease | 2.59 | 4.09 | 1.50 | -0.33 | 1.83 |
*Changed significance of a smoking-associated cause of death that is estimated by changes in other causes of death in smokers and non-smokers.
ŦLife expectancy disparity between smokers and non-smokers that was attributable to a particular smoking-associated cause of death.