Table 3.

Contribution of smoking-attributable mortality to life expectancy differences between the married and the unmarried groups, Finnish women aged 50 and above in 1971–1975 and 2006–2010

	Life expectancy at age 50 (e50)		Difference in e50		Contribution of smoking to the difference
	Observed	Without smoking	Observed	Without smoking	Years1	%
	Period 1971–1975
Married	28.6	28.7	ref.
Never married	27.6	27.6	1.1	1.1	0.0	0
Widowed	27.7	27.8	0.9	0.9	0.0	5
Divorced	27.5	27.8	1.1	0.9	0.2	16
	Period 2006–2010
Married	36.0	36.3	ref.
Never married	32.2	32.9	3.8	3.4	0.4	10
Widowed	33.4	34.3	2.6	2.0	0.5	21
Divorced	33.0	34.2	3.0	2.1	0.9	29
	Change from 1971–1975 to 2006–2010
Married	7.4	7.6
Never married	4.6	5.3	2.7	2.3	0.4a	14
Widowed	5.7	6.4	1.7	1.2	0.5a	30
Divorced	5.5	6.4	1.9	1.2	0.7a	37

¹”Observed difference in life expectancy” minus “difference in life expectancy without smoking”

^a“Observed change in life expectancy difference” minus “change in life expectancy difference without smoking”