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Research Article

Comparing Lung Cancer Risks in Sweden, USA, and Japan

Table 1

A life matrix based on annual smoking damage (N) and cancer risk (F) to get the accumulated risk over life time (vertical sum).
Year
YearDmg 𝑌 1 𝑌 2 𝑌 3 𝑌 4 𝑌 5 𝑌 6 𝑌 7 ⋯
𝑌 1 𝑁 1 𝑁 1 𝐹 1 𝑁 1 𝐹 2 𝑁 1 𝐹 3 𝑁 1 𝐹 4 𝑁 1 𝐹 5 𝑁 1 𝐹 6 𝑁 1 𝐹 7 ⋯
𝑌 2 𝑁 2 𝑁 2 𝐹 1 𝑁 2 𝐹 2 𝑁 2 𝐹 3 𝑁 2 𝐹 4 𝑁 2 𝐹 5 𝑁 2 𝐹 6 ⋯
𝑌 3 𝑁 3 𝑁 3 𝐹 1 𝑁 3 𝐹 2 𝑁 3 𝐹 3 𝑁 3 𝐹 4 𝑁 3 𝐹 5 ⋯
𝑌 4 𝑁 4 𝑁 4 𝐹 1 𝑁 4 𝐹 2 𝑁 4 𝐹 3 𝑁 4 𝐹 4 ⋯
𝑌 5 𝑁 5 𝑁 5 𝐹 1 𝑁 5 𝐹 2 𝑁 5 𝐹 3 ⋯
𝑌 6 𝑁 6 𝑁 6 𝐹 1 𝑁 6 𝐹 2 ⋯
𝑌 7 𝑁 7 𝑁 7 𝐹 1 ⋯
⋮ ⋮ ∑ 𝑌 1 ∑ 𝑌 2 ∑ 𝑌 3 ∑ 𝑌 4 ∑ 𝑌 5 ∑ 𝑌 6 ∑ 𝑌 7 ⋯