Risk-Of-death Charts Updated By Researchers

Researchers have updated charts that show an American’s risk of dying from a given cause over the next ten years, based on age, sex, and smoking status. The charts were be published online June 10 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.Although health information and the risks of various behaviors or conditions are frequently discussed in the media, the public rarely have access to enough information to adequately gauge the risk.

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Filed under: Smoking / Quit Smoking on June 19th, 2008