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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2008 100(12):829; doi:10.1093/jnci/djn196
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Risk of Death in the US by Age, Sex, and Smoking Status

To make sense of the important disease risks they face, people need context about how one risk compares with other risks. Unfortunately, messages about health risks often lack such context. To help provide needed perspective, Woloshin et al. (p. 845) used national census and health data for 2004 to create simple one-page charts that present the 10-year chance of dying from various causes according to age, sex, and smoking status. At all ages, the 10-year risk of death from all causes combined is higher for men than women. The effect of smoking on the chance of dying is similar to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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