Table 1

Life expectancy at age 50 years (e₅₀) by education with and without smoking. Finnish men and women aged 50+ years in 1971–2010

Year	With smoking					Without smoking					Δ in e₅₀ without—with smoking	% attenuation in education gap (H-B) due to smoking
Year	Total	Basic	Intermediate	Higher	Gap (H-B)	Total	Basic	Intermediate	Higher	Gap (H-B)	Total	% attenuation in education gap (H-B) due to smoking
Males
1971–1975	22.03	21.65	23.94	25.09	3.45	25.05	24.94	25.58	26.48	1.54	3.02	55.4
1976–1980	22.78	22.31	24.80	26.02	3.71	25.97	25.82	26.77	27.38	1.56	3.20	57.8
1981–1985	23.81	23.32	25.38	27.00	3.68	26.80	26.64	27.33	28.25	1.61	2.99	56.2
1986–1990	24.63	24.02	26.09	28.14	4.12	27.16	26.85	27.92	29.13	2.27	2.53	44.8
1991–1995	25.74	25.02	27.10	29.30	4.27	27.96	27.56	28.71	30.24	2.68	2.22	37.3
1996–2000	26.83	25.89	28.04	30.67	4.78	28.76	28.15	29.50	31.45	3.31	1.93	30.8
2001–2005	28.07	26.87	28.70	31.27	4.41	29.81	29.03	30.13	32.14	3.11	1.75	29.4
2006–2010	29.01	27.50	29.27	32.20	4.69	30.68	29.63	30.76	32.99	3.36	1.67	28.4
Females
1971–1975	28.08	27.84	30.15	30.34	2.50	28.15	27.92	30.22	30.43	2.51	0.07	–0.6
1976–1980	29.46	29.22	30.95	31.74	2.52	29.62	29.40	31.33	31.89	2.50	0.16	0.9
1981–1985	30.37	30.11	31.70	32.57	2.46	30.57	30.33	31.93	32.70	2.37	0.20	3.6
1986–1990	30.74	30.44	31.96	32.90	2.46	30.99	30.73	32.14	33.06	2.33	0.25	5.2
1991–1995	31.51	31.11	32.74	33.82	2.71	31.78	31.42	32.96	33.93	2.50	0.27	7.5
1996–2000	32.49	31.99	33.58	34.72	2.73	32.84	32.42	33.91	34.87	2.44	0.35	10.5
2001–2005	33.45	32.73	34.38	35.51	2.78	33.89	33.32	34.72	35.79	2.47	0.44	11.0
2006–2010	34.43	33.43	35.06	36.47	3.05	34.98	34.26	35.50	36.82	2.56	0.55	16.1