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. 2016 Aug 5;16:734. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3299-z

Table 2.

Comparison of best practice risk-factor exposure and reference scenario across all countriesa. Difference in disease cases by disease and by persons with at least one disease in projection year ten and cumulative number of deaths postponed as calculated by the difference in individuals alive between the scenarios by sex and risk-factor

Males Females
Alcohol BMI Smoking Alcohol BMI Smoking
Breast cancer n/a n/a n/a −44,650 −46,250 18,100
Colorectal cancer −40,050 −20,200 10,250 −8,150 −8,750 6,050
COPD 2,700 2,400 −154,600 3,900 3,850 −291,550
Diabetes −232,600 −481,800 46,750 82,900 −924,550 34,150
Esophageal cancer −8,350 50 −4,650 −1,550 50 −3,350
IHD −89,400 −244,900 −189,600 113,500 −304,550 −147,750
Lung cancer 500 16,900 −52,450 350 8,800 −34,750
Oral cancer −49,000 12,150 −32,900 −10,300 5,200 −8,650
Stroke −126,950 −86,750 −148,750 103,900 −147,500 −124,000
At least one of the above diseases −399,800 −595,650 −342,800 157,650 −1,075,200 −349,300
Deaths postponedb 93,750 57,500 332,950 134,050 129,750 274,200

aWithout data for Poland for to allow comparison

bCalculated as the difference in population size between the respective scenario if migration is zero and number of birth constant