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. 2019 Jun 25;8:100438. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100438

Table 2.

Additive (absolute) and multiplicative (relative) relationships using the case of smoking, age, and death.

Age 65 Age 75
Never Smoker 8.48 24.72
Current Smoker 24.39 60.56
Hazard Ratio = 2.88
Rate Difference = 15.92
Hazard Ratio = 2.45
Rate Difference = 35.83

Note: Estimates obtained from Model 1 of Table 2 in Mehta and Preston (2012). Data were from the 1987-2003 U.S. National Health Interview Surveys (excluding 1989 and 1996) with death linkage through December 31, 2006. Rates and rate differences are in units of deaths per 1000 person-years. Men and women combined.