House of Commons - Health - Minutes of Evidence

Select Committee on Health Minutes of Evidence

Appendix 1

Table 9

MORTALITY BY AMOUNT SMOKED RELATIVE TO THAT IN NON-SMOKERS (after Hammond & Horn, 1954)


Age (yrs)	No. of deaths	Regular cigarette smokers smoking (per day):			Cause of death
		less than 10	10-19	20 or more

50-69	167	4.2	4.2	8.8	lung cancer
50-54	377	1.7	2.1	2.5
55-59	571	1.1	1.9	2.1	coronary
60-64	594	1.5	2.2	2.0	heart
65-69	605	1.0	1.3	1.1	disease