Table 1

Model parameters for 50–54 year olds for estimation of cases of disease, deaths, and life-years

Parameter
Males
Females

Definition
Name



DISEASE-SPECIFIC




AMI



     Pr(AMI in next year for a smoker)
pAMI
0.0043
0.0012
     Pr(AMI in next year for a quitter)*
pAMI
0.0015
0.0004
     Pr(Die from an AMI before hospitalisation|have first AMI)
pDA1_1
0.1943
0.1744
     Pr(Die in hospital from first AMI in first 28 days|have first AMI and hospitalised)
pDA1_2
0.0347
0.0335
     Pr(Die from AMI in remainder of first year|discharged from hospital)
pDA1_3
0.0235
0.0149
     Pr(Die from AMI in second year|survive first year)
pDA2
0.0235
0.0149




Stroke



     Pr(Stroke in next year for a smoker)
pStroke
0.0026
0.0016
     Pr(Stroke in next year for a quitter)*
pStroke
0.0014
0.0008
     Pr(Die from a stroke in first 30 days|have first stroke)
pDS1_1
0.2250
0.2250
     Pr(Die from stroke in first year|survive first 30 days)
pDS1_2
0.1818
0.1818
     Pr(Die from stroke in second year|survive first year)†
pDS2
0.0833
0.0833




Lung cancer



     Pr(Lung cancer in next year for a smoker)
pLCa
0.0016
0.0011
     Pr(Lung cancer in next year for a quitter)
pLCa
0.6998
0.0006
     Pr(Die from lung cancer in first year|have lung cancer
pDL1
0.5930
0.5099
     Pr(Die from lung cancer in second year|survive first year)†
pDL2
0.4069
0.3602




COPD



     Pr(COPD in next year for a smoker)
pCOPD
0.0075
0.0062
     Pr(COPD in next year for a quitter)
pCOPD
0.0052
0.0035
     Pr(Die from COPD in year|have COPD)
pDC
0.0081
0.0060




MORTALITY FROM OTHER CAUSES



     Pr(Die from other causes in next year for a smoker)
pDie_other
0.0040
0.0029
     Pr(Die from other causes in next year for a quitter)
pDie_other
0.0026
0.0024

Note that Probabilities vary once smokers or quitters age into the next stratum

Pr = probability

| = conditional on

* 5 years after quitting at age 45–49 years

+ Different probabilities for subsequent years

Hurley and Matthews Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2007 5:2   doi:10.1186/1478-7547-5-2

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