Select Committee on Health Minutes of Evidence

Appendix 1

Table 5

TOBACCO AND CORONARY DISEASE (English, Willius & Berkson, 1940)

Men aged (yrs)	Per cent smokers Coronary diseaseOthers		P*
40-9	79.7 (149/187)	61.9 (187/302)	<.001
50-9	71.7 (274/382)	73.9 (274/371)	—
60+	63.8 (275/431)	61.8 (202/327)	0.28
40+	69.8 (698/1,000)	66.3 (663/1,000)	0.05

  *P, one-sided.
  Number of smokers and all men in age group in parentheses.

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Prepared 14 January 2000