The risk and burden of smoking related heart disease mortality among young people in the United States

Table 4 Smoking Attributable Fraction (SAF) for current smoking and estimated numbers of deaths of all heart disease and coronary heart disease mortality among adults aged 18–44 years in the United States: National Health Interview Survey, 1997–2004 followed through December, 2006

	Male all HD	Female all HD	Male CHD	Female CHD
Crude SAF	0.31	0.32	0.54	0.58
Age adjusted SAF	0.31	0.32	0.54	0.56
Multivariate SAF^a	0.27	0.28	0.41	0.71
Estimated deaths^b	36,833	15,381	33,538	11,609

Abbreviations: HD, Heart disease; CHD, Coronary heart disease; SAF, Smoking Attributable Fraction
^aAdjusted for age (years), race, history of hypertension, diabetes, body mass index, and physical activity level
^bThe number of all HD and CHD deaths attributable to smoking in the U.S. population was estimated by multiplying the crude SAF by the total number of deaths of the specified age group in the population during that time

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