Table 6 Smoking related adjusted hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI 95%) for the statistically significant cause-specific mortality in women

C25

Malignant neoplasm of pancreas

4.0

1.9–8.3

1.9

0.8–4.7

C34

Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung

6.7

3.2–14.4

3.0

1.2–7.6

C56

Malignant neoplasm of ovary

0.9

0.3–2.5

2.4

1.1–5.3

C16–C80

Malignant neoplasms

2.7

1.9–3.7

1.8

1.2–2.6

I11

Hypertensive heart disease

2.2

1.3–3.6

1.4

0.9–2.2

I13

Hypertensive heart and renal disease

3.3

1.1–9.8

1.7

0.6–4.9

I21

Acute myocardial infarction

4.7

1.9–12.2

1.6

0.6–4.6

I25

Chronic ischaemic heart disease

2.1

1.3–3.3

1.1

0.7–1.7

I50

Heart failure

10.3

2.9–35.8

0.9

0.1–6.6

I63

Cerebral infarction

3.4

1.6–7.0

1.6

0.8–3.1

I70

Atherosclerosis

10.2

1.8–57.4

1.2

0.2–9.6

I00–I99

Diseases of the circulatory system

2.7

2.1–3.5

1.3

1.0–1.7

J15

Bacterial pneumonia

6.4

1.3–32.2

3.2

0.7–15.8

J44

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

19.3

7.1–52.6

1.3

0.2–10.2

J00–J99

Diseases of the respiratory system

12.0

5.3–27.3

1.8

0.5–6.1

K70

Alcoholic liver disease

13.9

2.6–75.8

–

–

R99

Ill-defined and unspecified causes of mortality

8.5

1.6–45.6

–

–

X70

Intentional self-harm by hanging, strangulation and suffocation

4.6

1.2–18.1

1.6

0.2–13.7

V01–Y98

External causes of morbidity and mortality

7.6

3.9–14.7

2.6

1.0–6.5