Number of deaths, relative death rates (RR), and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for female and male smokers, excluding non-inhalers, by amount smoked for selected causes of death with never smokers as reference group6-150
| Number of cigarettes smoked per day | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–7 | 8–15 | 16–25 | >25 | ||||||||||||
| Number | RR | CI | Number | RR | CI | Number | RR | CI | Number | RR | CI | ||||
| Cancer of the trachea, bronchus and lung | |||||||||||||||
| Women | 26 | 3.23 | 2.06, 5.06 | 41 | 7.70 | 5.17, 11.5 | 16 | 11.5 | 6.62, 20.1 | 1 | 12.5 | 1.71, 90.9 | |||
| Men | 17 | 2.69 | 1.51, 4.80 | 67 | 11.4 | 7.50, 17.3 | 68 | 20.9 | 13.7, 32.0 | 15 | 29.9 | 14.4, 50.1 | |||
| Ischaemic heart disease | |||||||||||||||
| Women | 209 | 1.49 | 1.29, 1.72 | 135 | 1.73 | 1.45, 2.06 | 40 | 2.13 | 1.55, 2.92 | 2 | 1.75 | 0.43, 7.01 | |||
| Men | 339 | 1.24 | 1.10, 1.39 | 332 | 1.51 | 1.34, 1.70 | 200 | 1.68 | 1.45, 1.96 | 39 | 1.92 | 1.39, 2.65 | |||
| All cause mortality | |||||||||||||||
| Women | 697 | 1.27 | 1.17, 1.37 | 528 | 1.59 | 1.45, 1.74 | 141 | 1.73 | 1.46, 2.04 | 8 | 1.67 | 0.84, 3.35 | |||
| Men | 856 | 1.15 | 1.07, 1.24 | 896 | 1.46 | 1.36, 1.57 | 600 | 1.81 | 1.66, 1.97 | 106 | 1.84 | 1.52, 2.24 | |||
↵6-150 All rates are standardised for age and place of residence.