Select Committee on Health Minutes of Evidence

Appendix 1

Table 8

RELATIVE DEATH RATES FROM LUNG CANCER STANDARDISED FOR AGE BY AMOUNT SMOKED IN CASE-CONTROL AND COHORT STUDIES: MEN AGED 45-74 YEARS

Study	Rate as per cent of that for all men
		Smokers of (per day):
	Non-smokers	1-14g	15-24g	25g or more
Case-control (Doll & Hill, 1952)	6	79	112	201
Cohort (Doll & Hill, 1954)	0	68	133	199

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Prepared 14 January 2000