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Changing smoking-mortality association over time and across social groups: National census-mortality cohort studies from 1981 to 2011.

ABSTRACT: The difference in mortality between current and never-smokers varies over time, affecting future projections of health gains from tobacco control. We examine this heterogeneity by sex, ethnicity and cause of death on absolute and relative scales using New Zealand census data. These data included smoking status, and were linked to subsequent mortality records in 1981-84, 1996-99 and 2006-11 for 25-74 year olds (16.1 million person-years of follow-up). Age-standardised mortality rates and rate differences (SRDs) were calculated comparing current to never-smokers, and Poisson regression was used to adjust for multiple socioeconomic factors and household smoking. We found that mortality declined over time in never-smokers; however, mortality trends in current-smokers varied by sex, ethnicity and cause of death. SRDs were stable over time in European/Other men, moderately widened in European/Other women and markedly increased in M?ori men and women (Indigenous population). Poisson smoking-mortality rate ratios (RRs) increased from 1981-84 to 1996-99 with a moderate increase from 1996-99 to 2006-11 (RRs 1.48, 1.77, 1.79 in men and 1.51, 1.80, 1.90 in women). Socioeconomic confounding increased over time. In summary, this marked heterogeneity in smoking-mortality RRs over time has implications for estimating the future health and inequality impacts of tobacco control interventions.

SUBMITTER: Teng A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5597615 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Changing smoking-mortality association over time and across social groups: National census-mortality cohort studies from 1981 to 2011.

Teng Andrea A Atkinson June J Disney George G Wilson Nick N Blakely Tony T

Scientific reports 20170913 1

The difference in mortality between current and never-smokers varies over time, affecting future projections of health gains from tobacco control. We examine this heterogeneity by sex, ethnicity and cause of death on absolute and relative scales using New Zealand census data. These data included smoking status, and were linked to subsequent mortality records in 1981-84, 1996-99 and 2006-11 for 25-74 year olds (16.1 million person-years of follow-up). Age-standardised mortality rates and rate dif ...[more]

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Changing smoking-mortality association over time and across social groups: National census-mortality cohort studies from 1981 to 2011.

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Changing smoking-mortality association over time and across social groups: National census-mortality cohort studies from 1981 to 2011.

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