What is the expected lung-cancer mortality rate with an annual cigarette consumption of 1 lb/person? Cancer The

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What is the expected lung-cancer mortality rate with an annual cigarette consumption of 1 lb/person?


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The following statistics are taken from an article by Burch relating cigarette smoking to lung cancer [13]. The article presents data relating mortality from lung cancer to average cigarette consumption (lb/person) for females in England and Wales over a 40-year period. The data are given in Table 11.19.

 Σχ-2.38, Σ1.310, Σ--15.55, i=1 i=1 i=1 Σ-30.708 , ΣΧγ--4.125 i=1 i=1


Table 11.19: Cigarette consumption and lungcancer mortality in England and Wales, 1930ˆ’1969

log., annual cigarette consumption (Ib/ person), x log,, mortality (over 5 years), y Period 1930–1934 -2.35 -0.26 1935

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