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Table 8 Predicted QALYs for males and females after 10 years follow-up

From: The Quit Benefits Model: a Markov model for assessing the health benefits and health care cost savings of quitting smoking

Males

 

No discounting

3% pa discounting

5% pa discounting

Age-group

Smoker

Quitter

Difference

Smoker

Quitter

Difference

Smoker

Quitter

Difference

15–19

9.9

9.9

0.0

8.6

8.6

0.0

7.9

7.9

0.0

20–24

9.8

9.9

0.0

8.5

8.6

0.0

7.8

7.8

0.0

25–29

9.8

9.8

0.0

8.5

8.5

0.0

7.8

7.8

0.0

30–34

9.8

9.8

0.1

8.5

8.5

0.0

7.7

7.8

0.0

35–39

9.7

9.8

0.1

8.4

8.5

0.1

7.7

7.8

0.0

40–44

9.7

9.8

0.1

8.4

8.5

0.1

7.7

7.8

0.1

45–49

9.5

9.7

0.1

8.3

8.4

0.1

7.6

7.7

0.1

50–54

9.3

9.5

0.2

8.1

8.2

0.2

7.4

7.5

0.1

55–59

8.9

9.2

0.3

7.7

8.0

0.2

7.1

7.3

0.2

60–64

8.4

8.8

0.4

7.3

7.6

0.3

6.7

7.0

0.3

65–69

7.7

8.2

0.5

6.8

7.2

0.4

6.3

6.6

0.3

70–74

6.8

7.4

0.6

6.1

6.5

0.5

5.6

6.0

0.4

Females

 

No discounting

3% pa discounting

5% pa discounting

Age-group

Smoker

Quitter

Difference

Smoker

Quitter

Difference

Smoker

Quitter

Difference

15–19

10.0

10.0

0.0

8.6

8.6

0.0

7.9

7.9

0.0

20–24

9.9

10.0

0.0

8.6

8.6

0.0

7.9

7.9

0.0

25–29

9.9

9.9

0.0

8.5

8.6

0.0

7.8

7.8

0.0

30–34

9.8

9.9

0.1

8.5

8.5

0.0

7.8

7.8

0.0

35–39

9.8

9.9

0.0

8.5

8.5

0.0

7.8

7.8

0.0

40–44

9.8

9.9

0.1

8.5

8.5

0.0

7.8

7.8

0.0

45–49

9.7

9.8

0.1

8.4

8.5

0.1

7.7

7.7

0.1

50–54

9.5

9.7

0.1

8.3

8.4

0.1

7.6

7.7

0.1

55–59

9.3

9.5

0.2

8.1

8.3

0.2

7.4

7.6

0.1

60–64

9.0

9.2

0.3

7.8

8.0

0.2

7.2

7.4

0.2

65–69

8.4

8.8

0.4

7.4

7.7

0.3

6.8

7.0

0.3

70–74

7.6

8.2

0.5

6.7

7.2

0.4

6.2

6.6

0.4