Table 1 Deaths attributable to passive smoking by cause, age, occupation, and site of exposure, United Kingdom, 2003


General population

Hospitality employees

Exposed at work

Exposed at home



20-64 years exposed at home

All workforce exposed at work

≥65 years exposed at home

Fifth of pub, bar, nightclub workers

Fifth of hotel and restaurant workers

All pub, bar, nightclub workers

All hotel and restaurant workers

Prevalence of passive exposure

0.368

0.11

0.134

1.0

1.0

0.368

0.368

Relative risk















Lung cancer

1.24

1.24

1.24

1.73

1.24

1.24

1.24

IHD

1.30

1.20

1.30

1.61

1.20

1.30

1.30

Stroke

1.45

1.45

1.45

2.37

1.45

1.45

1.45

Population attributable risk (expressed as proportion)











Lung cancer

0.081

0.026

0.031

0.422

0.194

0.081

0.081

IHD

0.099

0.022

0.039

0.379

0.167

0.099

0.099

Stroke

0.142

0.047

0.057

0.578

0.310

0.142

0.142

Attributed deaths















Lung cancer

594

160

778

7

8

6

17

IHD

1486

274

3753

12

14

16

41

Stroke

646

182

3428

6

8

7

18

Total*

2726

617

7959

24

30

29

76

IHD=ischaemic heart disease.

* May be affected by rounding in component estimates.




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