Table 3

Reduction in life expectancy, expected healthy life-years lost and expected unhealthy life-years added for 20 and 65 year old ex-, moderate, and heavy smokers compared with never smokers

Age (years)Smoking categorySexReduced life expectancy (years) Expected healthy life-years lostExpected unhealthy life-years added
In self rated good health (years)Without longstanding illness (years)In self rated fair or poor health (years)With longstanding illness (years)
20Ex-smokerMen0.93.71.62.80.8
Women0.91.60.50.8−0.3
Moderate smokerMen2.44.00.61.6−1.9
Women2.43.2−1.00.8−3.4
Heavy smokerMen7.212.27.65.00.4
Women7.112.611.45.54.3
65Ex-smokerMen0.72.41.31.70.7
Women0.7−0.4−0.7−1.1−1.4
Moderate smokerMen1.92.4−0.40.5−2.3
Women1.91.1−1.1−0.8−3.0
Heavy smokerMen5.24.83.7−0.4−1.6
Women5.45.65.30.2−0.1