The article has a link to the original research paper. If you read it, you find: > Total mortality for participants who consumed hot red chili peppers was 21.6

The article has a link to the original research paper. If you read it, you find: > Total mortality for participants who consumed hot red chili peppers was 21.6% compared to 33.6% for those who did not (absolute risk reduction of 12%; relative risk of 0.64). Adjusted for demographic, lifestyle, and clinical characteristics, the hazard ratio was 0.87.