Table 5 Risk of all causes mortality in quitters relative to smokers by time since quitting

< 50

3 – 5

0.55

0.67

-0.12

6 – 10

0.62

0.54

0.08

11 – 15

0.40

0.47

-0.07

≥ 16

0.41

0.44

-0.03

50 – 59

3 – 5

0.68

0.75

-0.07

6 – 10

0.80

0.61

0.19

11 – 15

0.53

0.50

0.03

≥ 16

0.40

0.42

-0.02

60 – 69

3 – 5

0.76

0.81

-0.05

6 – 10

0.78

0.68

0.10

11 – 15

0.63

0.58

0.05

≥ 16

0.44

0.48

-0.04

70 – 79

3 – 5

0.79

0.85

-0.06

6 – 10

0.83

0.75

0.08

11 – 15

0.76

0.65

0.11

≥ 16

0.52

0.56

-0.04

≥ 80

3 – 5

0.62

0.90

-0.28

6 – 10

0.86

0.82

0.04

11 – 15

0.88

0.75

0.13

≥ 16

0.66

0.68

-0.02

< 50

3 – 5

0.92

0.83

0.09

6 – 10

0.65

0.74

-0.09

11 – 15

0.66

0.68

-0.02

≥ 16

0.67

0.63

0.04

50 – 59

3 – 5

0.76

0.70

0.06

6 – 10

0.56

0.57

-0.01

11 – 15

0.53

0.49

0.04

≥ 16

0.41

0.45

-0.04

60 – 69

3 – 5

0.82

0.80

0.02

6 – 10

0.75

0.68

0.07

11 – 15

0.63

0.57

0.06

≥ 16

0.44

0.49

-0.05

70 – 79

3 – 5

0.63

0.82

-0.19

6 – 10

0.73

0.70

0.03

11 – 15

0.69

0.60

0.09

≥ 16

0.49

0.52

-0.03

≥ 80

3 – 5

0.91

0.89

0.02

6 – 10

0.85

0.81

0.04

11 – 15

0.81

0.74

0.07

≥ 16

0.67

0.68

-0.01