Life expectancy, smoking prevalence, and smoking attributable gap of 23 geographic areas in Taiwan
| Cities/counties* | Life expectancy (years) | HDG (years) | Smoking prevalence (%) | SPG (%) | Prevalence of heavy smokers† (%) | Ranking of heavy smoker prevalence | Smoking quantity index‡ | SAG (years) | SAG/HDG (%) | Total SAF§ (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Cities and counties are listed in the order of life expectancy. | ||||||||||
| †Heavy smokers were those who smoked 20 or more cigarettes per day at age 15 and over. | ||||||||||
| ‡Smoking quantity index was based on the ranking from heavy smoker prevalence in previous column: I (ranking 1–8); II (ranking 9–16); III (ranking 17–23). | ||||||||||
| §Calculated from all causes. | ||||||||||
| HDG, health disparity gap; SAF, smoking attributable fraction; SAG, smoking attributable gap; SPG, smoking prevalence gap. | ||||||||||
| Taipei City | 77.57 | 0.00 | 37.03 | 0.00 | 9.45 | 4 | I | 0.00 | – | 13.74 |
| Taipei County | 74.65 | 2.92 | 43.63 | 6.60 | 11.02 | 7 | I | 0.06 | 2.2 | 15.80 |
| Taichung City | 74.54 | 3.03 | 34.19 | −2.84 | 11.35 | 9 | II | 0.10 | 3.3 | 16.55 |
| Taoyuan County | 74.09 | 3.48 | 44.79 | 7.76 | 12.62 | 16 | II | 0.26 | 7.4 | 20.62 |
| Hsingchu City | 73.96 | 3.61 | 38.38 | 1.35 | 12.07 | 15 | II | 0.15 | 4.1 | 18.21 |
| Kaohsiung City | 73.66 | 3.91 | 40.74 | 3.71 | 13.36 | 17 | III | 0.50 | 12.9 | 28.95 |
| Tainan City | 73.46 | 4.11 | 37.87 | 0.84 | 10.92 | 6 | I | 0.01 | 0.3 | 14.00 |
| Hsinchu County | 72.77 | 4.80 | 51.53 | 14.50 | 11.11 | 8 | I | 0.19 | 4.1 | 18.14 |
| Keelung City | 72.74 | 4.83 | 45.57 | 8.54 | 11.37 | 11 | II | 0.42 | 8.7 | 20.91 |
| Taichung County | 72.53 | 5.04 | 45.79 | 8.76 | 11.56 | 13 | II | 0.35 | 6.9 | 20.98 |
| Chiayi City | 72.48 | 5.09 | 40.31 | 3.28 | 11.36 | 10 | II | 0.24 | 4.8 | 18.95 |
| Tainan County | 72.08 | 5.49 | 39.90 | 2.87 | 8.31 | 1 | I | 0.05 | 0.8 | 14.64 |
| Penhu County | 71.71 | 5.86 | 42.49 | 5.46 | 8.32 | 2 | I | 0.39 | 6.7 | 15.45 |
| Ilan County | 71.45 | 6.12 | 45.08 | 8.05 | 11.55 | 12 | II | 0.46 | 7.5 | 20.73 |
| Changhua County | 71.44 | 6.13 | 44.91 | 7.88 | 14.98 | 19 | III | 0.92 | 15.0 | 30.99 |
| Miaoli County | 71.41 | 6.16 | 47.94 | 10.91 | 10.88 | 5 | I | 0.19 | 3.2 | 17.09 |
| Kaohsiung County | 71.31 | 6.26 | 39.17 | 2.14 | 9.40 | 3 | I | 0.04 | 0.6 | 14.42 |
| Chiayi County | 71.27 | 6.30 | 46.16 | 9.13 | 15.06 | 20 | III | 0.98 | 15.6 | 31.58 |
| Nantou County | 70.79 | 6.78 | 53.29 | 16.26 | 16.74 | 21 | III | 1.30 | 19.2 | 34.76 |
| Pingtong County | 70.61 | 6.96 | 42.69 | 5.66 | 11.94 | 14 | II | 0.39 | 5.7 | 19.85 |
| Yuinlin County | 70.07 | 7.50 | 46.81 | 9.78 | 17.34 | 22 | III | 1.04 | 13.9 | 31.88 |
| Hualien County | 69.30 | 8.27 | 44.82 | 7.79 | 14.33 | 18 | III | 1.06 | 12.9 | 30.95 |
| Taitung County | 68.11 | 9.46 | 52.47 | 15.44 | 18.79 | 23 | III | 1.71 | 18.1 | 34.41 |