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Table 3 Alcohol consumption and tobacco smoking at baseline and alcohol- or tobacco-attributable diagnoses in death certificates

From: Estimating mortality attributable to alcohol or tobacco – a cohort study from Germany

Baseline: alcohol drinking or tobacco smoking

Death certificate: disorder combinations attributable to

 

Death certificate: disorder not attributable

 

Death certificate unavailable

alcohol or tobacco fully

 

alcohol + tobacco partly

 

tobacco only partly

 

alcohol only partly

 

alcohol or tobacco total

    

SHR CI

 

SHR CI

 

SHR CI

 

SHR CI

 

SHR CI

 

SHR CI

 

SHR CI

 

Estimate: All disorders, including established and suggestive tobacco-attributable

 

Death cases:

69

 

Death cases: 343

 

Death cases: 105

 

Death cases:

22

 

Death cases: 539

 

Death cases:

4

 

Death cases:

30

Alcohol risk drinking

             

 No risk drinking

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

   

reference

 Risk drinking

2.05 1.25–3.36

 

1.57 1.25–1.98

 

1.00 0.62–1.60

 

1.39 0.50–3.87

 

1.56 1.30–1.88

 

-

 

1.15 0.53–2.51

Tobacco smoking

             

 Never or never daily

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

   

reference

 Former daily

1.73 0.73–4.08

 

1.11 0.82–1.51

 

0.42 0.19–0.93

 

1.26 0.44–3.63

 

1.03 0.80–1.33

 

-

 

1.00 0.37–2.73

 Current daily

4.71 2.27–9.76

 

1.85 1.42–2.41

 

2.96 1.86–4.72

 

0.75 0.24–2.30

 

2.33 1.89–2.88

 

-

 

1.85 0.85–4.06

 

Estimate: All disorders, including established tobacco-attributable only

 

Death cases:

69

 

Death cases: 297

 

Death cases:

76

 

Death cases:

68

 

Death cases:

510

 

Death cases:

33

 

Death cases:

30

Alcohol risk drinking

             

 No risk drinking

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 Risk drinking

2.05 1.25–3.36

 

1.48 1.16–1.90

 

0.98 0.57–1.67

 

1.84 1.09–3.11

 

1.59 1.31–1.91

 

1.16 0.47–2.84

 

1.15 0.53–2.51

Tobacco smoking

             

 Never or never daily

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 Former daily

1.73 0.73–4.08

 

1.26 0.91–1.74

 

0.53 0.21–1.36

 

0.67 0.33–1.34

 

1.10 0.85–1.42

 

-

 

1.00 0.37–2.73

 Current daily

4.71 2.27–9.76

 

2.03 1.52–2.71

 

4.00 2.30–6.94

 

0.91 0.52–1.59

 

2.39 1.92–2.96

 

1.11 0.51–2.41

 

1.85 0.85–4.06

 

Estimate: Underlying cause of death, including established and suggestive tobacco-attributable

 

Death cases:

26

 

Death cases: 210

 

Death cases:

229

 

Death cases:

21

 

Death cases:

486

 

Death cases:

57

 

Death cases:

30

Alcohol risk drinking

             

 No risk drinking

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 Risk drinking

2.00 0.91–4.39

 

1.59 1.18–2.13

 

1.52 1.14–2.03

 

1.56 0.57–4.26

 

1.67 1.38–2.02

 

0.72 0.35–1.47

 

1.15 0.53–2.51

Tobacco smoking

             

 Never or never daily

-

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 Former daily

-

 

1.15 0.79–1.66

 

0.86 0.55–1.33

 

0.78 0.24–2.58

 

1.02 0.78–1.34

 

0.95 0.47–1.91

 

1.00 0.37–2.73

 Current daily

-

 

1.56 1.12–2.17

 

3.27 2.32–4.60

 

0.68 0.23–2.02

 

2.44 1.95–3.05

 

1.03 0.56–1.90

 

1.85 0.85–4.06

 

Estimate: Underlying cause of death, including established tobacco-attributable only

 

Death cases:

26

 

Death cases: 163

 

Death cases:

155

 

Death cases:

68

 

Death cases:

412

 

Death cases:

131

 

Death cases:

30

Alcohol risk drinking

             

 No risk drinking

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 Risk drinking

2.00 0.91–4.39

 

1.24 0.88–1.74

 

1.50 1.06–2.11

 

2.73 1.65–4.51

 

1.66 1.35–2.04

 

1.16 0.76–1.75

 

1.15 0.53–2.51

Tobacco smoking

             

 Never or never daily

-

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 

reference

 Former daily

-

 

1.35 0.89–2.05

 

1.03 0.60–1.76

 

0.69 0.35–1.36

 

1.10 0.83–1.47

 

0.76 0.45–1.29

 

1.00 0.37–2.73

 Current daily

-

 

1.89 1.30–2.76

 

3.78 2.44–5.86

 

0.73 0.40–1.33

 

2.38 1.86–3.04

 

1.65 1.11–2.45

 

1.85 0.85–4.06

  1. SHR: Subhazard ratio
  2. CI: 95-%-confidence interval
  3. All disorders: all disorders mentioned in death certificate
  4. Risk drinking: females more than 20 g, males more than 40 g pure alcohol per day
  5. Former daily: smoked daily before but not within the last twelve months
  6. Current daily: smoked daily within the last twelve months
  7. - no result presented due to number of death cases less than 5