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. 2012 Jul;32 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S25-38.
doi: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01662.x.

Chapter 3: Cohort life tables by smoking status, removing lung cancer as a cause of death

Marjorie A Rosenberg  1 , Eric J Feuer, Binbing Yu, Jiafeng Sun, S Jane Henley, Thomas G Shanks, Christy M Anderson, Pamela M McMahon, Michael J Thun, David M Burns
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Chapter 3: Cohort life tables by smoking status, removing lung cancer as a cause of death

Marjorie A Rosenberg et al. Risk Anal. 2012 Jul.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop life tables by smoking status removing lung cancer as a cause of death. These life tables are inputs to studies that compare the effectiveness of lung cancer treatments or interventions, and provide a way to quantify time until death from causes other than lung cancer. The study combined actuarial and statistical smoothing methods, as well as data from multiple sources, to develop separate life tables by smoking status, birth cohort, by single year of age, and by sex. For current smokers, separate life tables by smoking quintiles were developed based on the average number of cigarettes smoked per day by birth cohort. The end product is the creation of six non-lung-cancer life tables for males and six tables for females: five current smoker quintiles and one for never smokers. Tables for former smokers are linear combinations of the appropriate table based on the current smoker quintile before quitting smoking and the never smoker probabilities, plus added covariates for the smoking quit age and time since quitting.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Relative Risk Ratios for White Males and White Females
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Figure 2
White Male and White Female Smoking Prevalence Rates
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Figure 3
Comparison of Cumulative Probability of Dying from Causes Other than Lung Cancer from Age 20 by Year of Birth for Never Smokers
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Figure 4
Comparison of Cumulative Probability of Dying from Causes Other than Lung Cancer from Age 20 by Smoking Quintile for 1930 Birth Cohort who Starting Smoking at Age 15
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Figure 5
Comparison of Cumulative Probability of Dying from Causes Other than Lung Cancer from Age 20 for 1930 Birth Cohort (1) Never Smoker, (2) Current “Medium” Smoker (Third Quintile) who Starting Smoking at Age 15, and (3) Former Medium Smoker (Third Quintile) who Starting Smoking at Age 15 and Quit as a Medium Smoker at Age 40
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Figure 6
Comparison of Estimated Probabilties for 3 Calendar Years vs. McMahon, et al.
Figure A.2.1
Figure A.2.1
Relative Risks by Age and # Cigarettes per Day for White Males and White Females
Figure A.3.1
Figure A.3.1
Calibration Factors for Males and Females
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