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Contrasting male and female trends in tobacco-attributed mortality in China: evidence from successive nationwide prospective cohort studies.

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The oppositely changing effects of tobacco on male and female mortality in China is assessed, with overall adult mortality rates falling, but as the adult population of China grows and the proportion of male deaths due to smoking increases, the annual number of deaths in China that are caused by tobacco increases.
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Cancer statistics in China, 2015

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Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in China: current features and implications.

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Rapid health transition in China, 1990-2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010.

TL;DR: A comprehensive assessment of disease burden in China, how it changed between 1990 and 2010, and how China's health burden compares with other nations is done to guide policy responses to the changing disease spectrum in China.
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Use and misuse of population attributable fractions.

TL;DR: Computational and conceptual issues relevant to population attributable fraction estimation that are infrequently discussed elsewhere are considered, with illustrations from the breast cancer literature.
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Mortality from tobacco in developed countries: Indirect estimation from national vital statistics

TL;DR: Application of such methods indicates that on current smoking patterns just over 20% of those now living in developed countries will eventually be killed by tobacco (ie, about a quarter of a billion, out of a current total population of just under one and a quarter billion).
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When will population of China decrease?

Although overall adult mortality rates are falling, as the adult population of China grows and the proportion of male deaths due to smoking increases, the annual number of deaths in China that are caused by tobacco will rise from about 1 million in 2010 to 2 million in 2030 and 3 million in 2050, unless there is widespread cessation.