Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Smoking expands expected lifetime with musculoskeletal disease regardless of educational level

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
European Journal of Epidemiology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Lifetime with musculoskeletal disease were estimated for never smokers and smokers at three educational levels. Expected lifetime with musculoskeletal disease was 7.4 and 10.6 years for 30-year-old men and women, respectively. Regardless of educational level smokers could expect more years with the diseases than never smokers. Thus, the impact of smoking on the burden of musculoskeletal diseases is not confounded by educational level.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Brønnum-Hansen H, Juel K. Smoking expands expected lifetime with musculoskeletal disease. Eur J Epidemiol 2003; 18: 183–184.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Peto R, Lopez AD, Boreham J, Thun M, Heath C. Mortality from tobacco in developed countries: Indirect estimation from national vital statistics. Lancet 1992; 339: 1268–1278.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Kjøller M, Rasmussen NK, eds. Sundhed & sygelighed i Danmark 2000 og udviklingen siden 1987 (The Danish Health Interview Survey 2000). Copenhagen: National Institute of Public Health, 2002 (in Danish).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Sullivan DF. A single index of mortality and morbidity. Health Serv Mental Health Admin (HSMHA) Health Rep 1971; 86: 347–354.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Brønnum-Hansen H, Juel K. The impact of smoking on the social gradient in health expectancy in Denmark. J Epidemiol Commun Health; accepted.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Henrik Brønnum-Hansen & Knud Juel

Authors
  1. Henrik Brønnum-Hansen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Knud Juel
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Henrik Brønnum-Hansen.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Brønnum-Hansen, H., Juel, K. Smoking expands expected lifetime with musculoskeletal disease regardless of educational level. Eur J Epidemiol 19, 195–196 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:EJEP.0000017829.62827.a2

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/B:EJEP.0000017829.62827.a2

Search

Navigation