Health in Hunter New England

Health related behaviours
Death and illness attributable to smoking

Note: Deaths and hospital separations attributable to smoking were calculated using age- and sex-specific aetiologic fractions from AIHW, 2001. Deaths were classified using ICD-9 up to 1998 and ICD-10 from 1999 onwards. Hospital separations were classified using ICD-9-CM up to 1997-98 and ICD-10-AM from 1998-99 onwards. Rates were age-adjusted using the Australian population as at 30 June 2001. Deaths are for calendar years. Separations are for financial years. Numbers of deaths for 2002 include an estimate of the small numbers of deaths that were registered in 2003, data for which were unavailable at the time of production. Hospitalisations include an estimate of the small number of interstate hospitalisations, data for which were unavailable at the time of production. Calculations of attributable fractions involve rounding of numbers.
Source: HOIST - Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health. (NSW Department of Health Inpatient Statistics Collection (ISC) data and ABS mortality data and population estimates). Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (aetiologic fractions), 2001
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For more information: Ridolfo B, Stevenson C. The quantification of drug caused morbidity and mortality in Australia, 1998. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2001.
Mathers C, Vos T, Stevenson C. The burden of disease and injury in Australia. AIHW Catalogue no. PHE 17. Canberra: AIHW, 1999. Available at www.aihw.gov.au/bod/index.html.
Peto R, Lopez AD, Boreham J, Thun M and Heath Jr C. Mortality from Smoking in Developed Countries 1950-2000. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Available at http://rum.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/~tobacco
Doll R, Peto R, Boreham J and Sutherland I. Mortality in relation to their smoking: 50 years' observations on male British doctors. BMJ 2005; 328:1519-28.
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Rider: The information presented in this resource result from analyses of a variety of social and health focused datasets. These datasets originate from a variety of sources including Hunter New England Health, the NSW Department of Health, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The timing of the release of these data to third parties is controlled by the owner of these data. It is therefore possible for these organisations to publish data that they have not yet made available to Hunter New England Population Health for analysis and release. Users should therefore check the publications of these organisations as it is possible that they may have published even more up to date information on Hunter New England than those available in this resource. As this resource is an ongoing project, the indicators presented will be updated as soon as possible after the release of all datasets to Hunter New England Population Health.
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Suggested citation: Hunter New England Population Health, Health in Hunter New England e-Resource, Hunter New England Area Health Service, 2007. Available at: http://www.hnehealth.nsw.gov.au/HNEPH/HHNE/beh/beh_smkaf.htm - Accessed (insert date of access).
Contributors: Assistance from NSW Department of Health: This resource is modified from work undertaken for the production of the electronic and hard copy versions of the report Health of the people of NSW Report of the Chief Health Officer, (http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/public-health/chorep/) by the Centre for Epidemiology and Research of the NSW Department of Health. This work includes research and definition of indicators, programming framework, statistical programs, text and programming infrastructure for web publishing. Hunter New England Population Health has produced a local version of the report reflecting local concerns, where appropriate, and ensuring that only minimal changes were made in other parts of the text and presentation in the interest of consistency at a state level.
Produced by: Hunter New England Population Health, Hunter New England Health, with assistance from Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Health and modified from the electronic report Health of the people of NSW Report of the Chief Health Officer, (http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/public-health/chorep/)
Last updated: 10 December 2007
See NSW Data: To view state data, relating to this indicator go to the report Health of the people of NSW: Report of the Chief Health Officer. (http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/public-health/chorep/) or intranet version
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