Table 2 |
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| Correlation coefficient (r) from Pearson correlation analysis between cumulative cigarette consumption per capita (per stick) and age-standardized incidence and mortality rates in Hong Kong, 1991–2008 | ||||
| Year of cumulative cigarette consumption per capita | Age-standardized incidence rate | Age-standardized mortality rates | ||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 0 | 0.694* | 0.735* | 0.598* | 0.446 |
| 5 | 0.646* | 0.685* | 0.768* | 0.592* |
| 10 | 0.635 | 0.625 | 0.941* | 0.563 |
* Significant at 0.05 level.
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