Accounting for biases in survey-based estimates of population attributable fractions

Table 3 Age-specific mortality counts by smoking exposure level, NHIS-LMF 1987–2009

Age	Dead	Total	q_x	pe	pd
Never smokers
50	1169	43,737	0.027	0.403	0.243
60	2109	41,443	0.051	0.396	0.233
70	4833	26,249	0.184	0.401	0.299
80	4705	10,030	0.469	0.451	0.414
Total	12,816	121,459	0.106	0.403	0.310
Former smokers
50	959	27,283	0.035	0.251	0.200
60	2624	32,554	0.081	0.311	0.289
70	6310	24,207	0.261	0.369	0.391
80	4673	8649	0.540	0.389	0.412
Total	14,566	92,693	0.157	0.308	0.352
Current smokers
50	2674	37,632	0.071	0.346	0.557
60	4335	30,727	0.141	0.293	0.478
70	4998	15,067	0.332	0.230	0.310
80	1977	3543	0.558	0.159	0.174
Total	13,984	86,969	0.161	0.289	0.338

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