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COMBINING PREVALENCE AND MORTALITY RISK RATES: THE CASE OF CIGARETTE SMOKING.

Population and development review ·Vol. 31 ·No. 2 ·2005-06-00 ·Pages 259-292

Rogers RG, Hummer RA, Krueger PM, Pampel FC

Abstract

Cigarette smoking is a particularly pernicious behavior because of its high prevalence and mortality risk. We use the powerful methodology of life tables with covariates and employ the National Health Interview Survey-Multiple Cause of Death file to illuminate the interrelations of smoking with other risk factors, and with the combined influences of smoking prevalence and population size on smoking-attributable mortality. We find that the smoking-mortality gap is only modestly affected by other risk factors and excess deaths due to smoking among U.S. adults in the year 2000 were as great as 340,000. Better knowledge of the prevalence and mortality risk associated with cigarette smoking statuses enhances the future health and longevity prospects of the U.S. population.

Keywords
Cigarette smoking Life tables Mortality risks
Authors & Affiliations
4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Rogers Richard G
Director, Population Program, and Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado.
Hummer Robert A
Director, Population Research Center, and Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Texas-Austin.
Krueger Patrick M
Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar, University of Pennsylvania.
Pampel Fred C
Faculty Research Associate, Population Program, and Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado.
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Article Info
Journal
Population and development review
Abbr.
Popul Dev Rev
ISSN
0098-7921
DOI
10.1111/j.1728-4457.2005.00065.x
Published
2005-06-00
Pages
259-292
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7613927
PMCID
PMC4098763
Grants
NICHD NIH HHS · R21 HD051146 · United States
NICHD NIH HHS · R21 HD051146-01 · United States
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2005.00065.x PMC Full Text View journal details
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