Smoking and inequalities in mortality in 11 European countries: a birth cohort analysis

Table 1 Characteristics of the mortality data and population data used in the analyses in each country: Types of data set (longitudinal data or cross-sectional data: unlinked or repeated); geographic coverage of the dataset (National or Urben); the period covered in the dataset; the number of birth cohorts constructed based on the dataset; the oldest birth cohort constructed; the youngest birth cohort constructed; person-years at risk followed up; number of deaths due to lung cancer; and the percentage of lung cancer deaths with low education in each gender

Population	Type of dataset¹	Geographic coverage	Period	Number of birth cohorts	Oldest birth cohort	Youngest birth cohort	P-Y² follow-up	Number of deaths³	% of lung cancer deaths with low education
Population	Type of dataset¹	Geographic coverage	Period	Number of birth cohorts	Oldest birth cohort	Youngest birth cohort	P-Y² follow-up	Number of deaths³	Male	Female
Belgium	Longitudinal	National	1991-2006	6	1927-1936	1952-1961	78819	77795	77.8	74.3
Denmark	Longitudinal	National	1991-2010	6	1926-1934	1951-1959	47377	53491	47.2	63.4
Estonia	CS, unlinked	National	1987-2012	5	1928-1936	1948-1956	9551	11715	59.0	47.4
Finland	Longitudinal	National	1971-2011	11	1902-1910	1952-1960	84266	71774	81.0	74.1
Hungary	CS, unlinked	National	1971-2010	9	1909-1916	1949-1956	101767	106780	83.9	76.9
Italy (Turin)	Longitudinal	Urban	1971-2011	8	1907-1916	1942-1951	13983	17722	85.7	91.5
Lithuania	CS, unlinked	National	1988-2011	5	1932-1940	1952-1960	16449	14428	56.6	45.3
Norway	Longitudinal	National	1971-2006	9	1902-1910	1942-1950	53347	44959	55.6	61.1
Spain (Barcelona)	CS, repeated	Urban	1992-2011	7	1923-1931	1953-1961	13723	14313	72.4	75.2
Sweden	Longitudinal	National	1990-2005	6	1921-1929	1946-1954	66980	39996	56.5	54.5
Switzerland	Longitudinal	National	1991-2010	7	1922-1930	1952-1960	59446	43679	33.8	49.1

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