Fig. 1

Grouped CVD subtype outcomes in relation to smoking status at baseline. a Combined fatal and non-fatal outcomes. b Fatal outcomes only. *Age-sex-standardised rate per 1000 person-years. RR (relative risk) adjusted for age, sex, region of residence, alcohol consumption, annual household income and education attainment; adjustment for sex is through stratification for outcomes of IHD, AMI, non-AMI, IHD, heart failure (stratified for income as well) and major CVD in a and for IHD and major CVD in b. They are plotted on a log scale and are represented by squares of areas proportional to the natural logarithm of the number of events, indicating the amount of statistical information available. Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) (ICD-10-AM codes I20–I25); acute myocardial infarction (I21); IHD, excluding AMI (I20, I22–I25); cerebrovascular disease (I61–I67 and I69); heart failure (I50); peripheral arterial disease (I70–I74); other major CVD (any major CVD except ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, heart failure, and peripheral arterial disease); and any major CVD (as defined in reference [15]). Note that the number of events in subtypes will not add up to the total events in any major CVD as the subtypes are not mutually exclusive