Life expectancy, expected lifetime with and without longstanding illness, and proportion of expected lifetime without longstanding illness at age 30 in Denmark, 2000, by educational level and smoking categories
| Smoking category | Level of education | Life expectancy | Expected lifetime without longstanding illness | Expected lifetime with longstanding illness | Proportion of expected lifetime without longstanding illness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 32.3 (29.9 to 34.6) | 17.0 (14.6 to 19.3) | 65.5 (60.7 to 70.3) |
| Medium | 48.4 | 29.3 (27.3 to 31.3) | 19.1 (17.1 to 21.1) | 60.5 (56.4 to 64.6) | |
| Low | 46.9 | 25.8 (23.3 to 28.3) | 21.1 (18.6 to 23.6) | 55.0 (49.7 to 60.2) | |
| All | 48.1 | 28.7 (27.4 to 29.9) | 19.4 (18.1 to 20.6) | 59.7 (57.1 to 62.3) | |
| Ex-smoker | High | 47.9 | 29.7 (27.7 to 31.7) | 18.2 (16.2 to 20.2) | 61.9 (57.8 to 66.1) |
| Medium | 46.8 | 24.6 (23.2 to 26.1) | 22.1 (20.7 to 23.6) | 52.7 (49.6 to 55.8) | |
| Low | 45.2 | 22.3 (19.9 to 24.7) | 22.9 (20.5 to 25.3) | 49.3 (44.0 to 54.7) | |
| All | 46.4 | 25.3 (24.2 to 26.3) | 21.1 (20.1 to 22.2) | 54.5 (52.2 to 56.7) | |
| Moderate smoker | High | 46.2 | 28.1 (25.3 to 30.8) | 18.1 (15.3 to 20.9) | 60.8 (54.8 to 66.8) |
| Medium | 44.8 | 26.1 (24.2 to 28.0) | 18.7 (16.7 to 20.6) | 58.3 (54.0 to 62.6) | |
| Low | 43.1 | 21.2 (18.3 to 24.2) | 21.9 (18.9 to 24.9) | 49.2 (42.3 to 56.1) | |
| All | 44.4 | 25.2 (23.8 to 26.5) | 19.2 (17.9 to 20.6) | 56.7 (53.6 to 59.7) | |
| Heavy smoker | High | 41.7 | 23.1 (20.5 to 25.7) | 18.6 (16.0 to 21.3) | 55.4 (49.1 to 61.7) |
| Medium | 39.9 | 20.7 (19.3 to 22.1) | 19.2 (17.9 to 20.6) | 51.9 (48.4 to 55.3) | |
| Low | 38.0 | 19.3 (17.6 to 21.0) | 18.7 (17.0 to 20.4) | 50.9 (46.4 to 55.4) | |
| All | 39.5 | 20.9 (19.9 to 21.9) | 18.6 (17.6 to 19.6) | 52.8 (50.3 to 55.4) | |
| All | 45.2 | 25.0 (24.4 to 25.5) | 20.2 (19.6 to 20.7) | 55.3 (54.1 to 56.6) | |
| Women | |||||
| Never smoker | High | 52.7 | 31.3 (28.7 to 33.9) | 21.4 (18.8 to 24.0) | 59.3 (54.4 to 64.3) |
| Medium | 52.4 | 28.5 (26.8 to 30.2) | 23.9 (22.1 to 25.6) | 54.4 (51.1 to 57.7) | |
| Low | 51.4 | 29.4 (27.5 to 31.3) | 22.1 (20.2 to 24.0) | 57.1 (53.4 to 60.8) | |
| All | 51.9 | 29.4 (28.5 to 30.4) | 22.5 (21.5 to 23.5) | 56.7 (54.8 to 58.5) | |
| Ex-smoker | High | 51.1 | 26.5 (24.1 to 28.9) | 24.7 (22.3 to 27.0) | 51.8 (47.1 to 56.5) |
| Medium | 50.8 | 27.2 (25.3 to 29.2) | 23.5 (21.6 to 25.5) | 53.6 (49.8 to 57.5) | |
| Low | 49.8 | 24.4 (21.8 to 26.9) | 25.4 (22.8 to 28.0) | 49.0 (43.8 to 54.1) | |
| All | 50.3 | 26.3 (25.1 to 27.5) | 24.0 (22.8 to 25.2) | 52.3 (50.0 to 54.7) | |
| Moderate smoker | High | 49.2 | 26.2 (22.9 to 29.4) | 23.1 (19.8 to 26.3) | 53.1 (46.5 to 59.7) |
| Medium | 48.8 | 26.8 (24.5 to 29.1) | 22.0 (19.7 to 24.3) | 54.9 (50.2 to 59.6) | |
| Low | 47.8 | 22.8 (20.3 to 25.3) | 24.9 (22.4 to 27.5) | 47.8 (42.5 to 53.1) | |
| All | 48.4 | 25.5 (24.1 to 26.8) | 22.9 (21.5 to 24.3) | 52.6 (49.8 to 55.5) | |
| Heavy smoker | High | 44.6 | 25.8 (22.4 to 29.2) | 18.7 (15.3 to 22.1) | 58.0 (50.3 to 65.6) |
| Medium | 44.1 | 23.3 (21.2 to 25.4) | 20.8 (18.6 to 22.9) | 52.9 (48.0 to 57.7) | |
| Low | 42.7 | 18.1 (16.2 to 20.1) | 24.6 (22.6 to 26.6) | 42.4 (37.8 to 47.1) | |
| All | 43.5 | 21.7 (20.4 to 23.0) | 21.8 (20.5 to 23.1) | 49.9 (46.9 to 52.9) | |
| All | 49.6 | 26.5 (25.9 to 27.1) | 23.1 (22.5 to 23.7) | 53.4 (52.2 to 54.6) | |