Life expectancy, expected lifetime in self rated good, fair, or poor health, and proportion of expected lifetime in self rated good health at age 30 in Denmark, 2000, by educational level and smoking categories
| Smoking category | Level of education | Life expectancy | Expected lifetime in self rated good health | Expected lifetime in self rated fair or poor health | Proportion of expected lifetime in self rated good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| years | years (95% CI) | years (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | ||
| Category/level “All” includes people for whom data on education were unclassifiable or missing. | |||||
| Men | |||||
| Never smoker | High | 49.2 | 44.0 (42.4 to 45.7) | 5.2 (3.5 to 6.8) | 89.5 (86.2 to 92.8) |
| Medium | 48.4 | 39.8 (38.1 to 41.5) | 8.6 (6.9 to 10.3) | 82.2 (78.7 to 85.7) | |
| Low | 46.9 | 34.4 (32.2 to 36.7) | 12.5 (10.2 to 14.7) | 73.4 (68.6 to 78.2) | |
| All | 48.1 | 39.4 (38.3 to 40.4) | 8.7 (7.6 to 9.7) | 82.0 (79.8 to 84.1) | |
| Ex-smoker | High | 47.9 | 39.9 (38.4 to 41.5) | 7.9 (6.4 to 9.5) | 83.4 (80.1 to 86.7) |
| Medium | 46.8 | 35.7 (34.4 to 36.9) | 11.1 (9.9 to 12.3) | 76.3 (73.6 to 78.9) | |
| Low | 45.2 | 32.5 (30.6 to 34.4) | 12.7 (10.8 to 14.6) | 71.9 (67.7 to 76.1) | |
| All | 46.4 | 35.8 (34.9 to 36.6) | 10.6 (9.8 to 11.5) | 77.1 (75.3 to 78.9) | |
| Moderate smoker | High | 46.2 | 36.7 (34.3 to 39.0) | 9.5 (7.2 to 11.8) | 79.4 (74.4 to 84.4) |
| Medium | 44.8 | 34.3 (32.7 to 36.0) | 10.4 (8.8 to 12.1) | 76.7 (73.1 to 80.3) | |
| Low | 43.1 | 29.0 (26.3 to 31.7) | 14.1 (11.4 to 16.8) | 67.3 (61.0 to 73.6) | |
| All | 44.4 | 33.5 (32.3 to 34.6) | 10.9 (9.8 to 12.1) | 75.4 (72.8 to 77.9) | |
| Heavy smoker | High | 41.7 | 29.8 (26.8 to 32.8) | 12.0 (9.0 to 15.0) | 71.3 (64.1 to 78.5) |
| Medium | 39.9 | 28.3 (27.1 to 29.6) | 11.6 (10.4 to 12.9) | 70.9 (67.8 to 74.1) | |
| Low | 38.0 | 24.2 (22.6 to 25.8) | 13.8 (12.2 to 15.4) | 63.6 (59.4 to 67.9) | |
| All | 39.5 | 27.3 (26.4 to 28.2) | 12.2 (11.3 to 13.1) | 69.2 (66.8 to 71.5) | |
| All | 45.2 | 34.2 (33.7 to 34.7) | 10.9 (10.5 to 11.4) | 75.8 (74.7 to 76.8) | |
| Women | |||||
| Never smoker | High | 52.7 | 40.9 (38.5 to 43.3) | 11.8 (9.3 to 14.2) | 77.7 (73.1 to 82.3) |
| Medium | 52.4 | 38.2 (36.6 to 39.8) | 14.1 (12.5 to 15.7) | 73.0 (70.0 to 76.0) | |
| Low | 51.4 | 37.1 (35.4 to 38.7) | 14.4 (12.7 to 16.0) | 72.0 (68.9 to 75.2) | |
| All | 51.9 | 39.0 (38.1 to 39.8) | 13.0 (12.1 to 13.8) | 75.0 (73.4 to 76.6) | |
| Ex-smoker | High | 51.1 | 40.8 (38.7 to 42.9) | 10.4 (8.3 to 12.5) | 79.7 (75.6 to 83.8) |
| Medium | 50.8 | 36.7 (34.9 to 38.5) | 14.1 (12.3 to 15.9) | 72.2 (68.7 to 75.8) | |
| Low | 49.8 | 29.7 (27.3 to 32.2) | 20.0 (17.6 to 22.5) | 59.7 (54.8 to 64.7) | |
| All | 50.3 | 35.8 (34.7 to 36.9) | 14.5 (13.4 to 15.6) | 71.2 (69.0 to 73.3) | |
| Moderate smoker | High | 49.2 | 40.3 (37.3 to 43.4) | 8.9 (5.9 to 12.0) | 81.9 (75.7 to 88.1) |
| Medium | 48.8 | 33.6 (31.4 to 35.7) | 15.3 (13.1 to 17.5) | 68.7 (64.2 to 73.2) | |
| Low | 47.8 | 28.0 (25.5 to 30.5) | 19.7 (17.2 to 22.2) | 58.7 (53.4 to 63.9) | |
| All | 48.4 | 33.5 (32.2 to 34.8) | 14.9 (13.6 to 16.2) | 69.2 (66.6 to 71.9) | |
| Heavy smoker | High | 44.6 | 36.8 (34.5 to 39.2) | 7.7 (5.4 to 10.1) | 82.6 (77.3 to 87.9) |
| Medium | 44.1 | 29.3 (27.5 to 31.2) | 14.7 (12.9 to 16.6) | 66.6 (62.3 to 70.8) | |
| Low | 42.7 | 24.1 (22.1 to 26.1) | 18.6 (16.7 to 20.6) | 56.4 (51.8 to 61.0) | |
| All | 43.5 | 28.7 (27.4 to 29.9) | 14.8 (13.5 to 16.0) | 66.0 (63.1 to 68.8) | |
| All | 49.6 | 35.4 (34.8 to 35.9) | 14.2 (13.7 to 14.8) | 71.3 (70.2 to 72.4) | |