Table 4 Basic characteristics of smoking, number of all causes of death and the most common cause-specific deaths in the studied cohort

Persons in cohort

7068

3698

7011

7722

3402

22,855

All causes death in cohort

627

548

474

270

147

1298

C16

Malignant neoplasm of stomach

8

13

10

10

5

34

C18

Malignant neoplasm of colon

3

10

9

4

1

25

C25

Malignant neoplasm of pancreas

11

18

11

12

6

32

C34

Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung

73

42

5

15

6

19

C50

Malignant neoplasm of breast

–

–

–

12

8

35

C56

Malignant neoplasm of ovary

–

–

–

5

8

25

C61

Malignant neoplasm of prostate

16

17

29

–

–

–

C80

Malignant neoplasm without specification of site

9

–

2

4

–

9

I11

Hypertensive heart disease

41

41

39

20

22

190

I13

Hypertensive heart and renal disease

8

10

13

5

4

28

I21

Acute myocardial infarction

16

11

12

6

4

31

I22

Subsequent myocardial infarction

12

9

2

2

2

11

I25

Chronic ischaemic heart disease

80

113

100

21

21

243

I35

Nonrheumatic aortic valve disorders

5

2

6

1

1

17

I42

Cardiomyopathy

16

9

12

5

2

11

I50

Heart failure

10

2

1

4

1

17

I63

Cerebral infarction

16

30

13

9

9

79

I70

Atherosclerosis

2

3

5

2

1

11

J15

Bacterial pneumonia

1

4

3

3

2

7

J44

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

17

18

2

7

1

10

K70

Alcoholic liver disease

8

7

6

7

0

2

R99

Ill-defined and unspecified causes of mortality

6

3

4

5

0

2

X45

Accidental poisoning by and exposure to alcohol

14

1

3

2

0

1

X70

Intentional self-harm by hanging, strangulation and suffocation

13

3

8

5

1

5