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Health related behaviours
Death and illness attributable to smoking

Smoking attributed deaths, 1992 to 2005, and hospital separations, 1992/93 to 2005/06
      1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Number Males Deaths 759 687 682 701 670 683 684 693 657 688 646 635 667 593
  Females   289 277 300 287 312 309 312 286 308 313 334 324 310 326
  Persons   1049 964 982 988 981 991 996 978 966 1001 979 959 977 919
  Males Separations 4162 4257 4144 4219 4348 4566 4686 4558 4720 4848 4896 5043 4995 4966
  Females   2001 2058 2048 2179 2213 2265 2361 2368 2436 2558 2581 2615 2587 2570
  Persons   6163 6316 6192 6398 6561 6831 7047 6926 7156 7406 7477 7658 7583 7535
Rate Males Deaths 243.0 217.6 210.8 210.9 196.1 193.7 190.1 184.1 169.7 167.8 154.8 149.4 152.2 131.2
per 100,000 Females   70.4 66.1 68.5 65.1 68.3 64.8 64.2 56.4 59.0 58.8 60.7 57.0 53.9 54.2
  Persons   143.5 129.2 128.0 126.1 122.2 119.5 117.0 111.3 106.3 106.9 101.8 96.7 96.5 87.7
  Males Separations 1205.1 1209.4 1150.0 1158.8 1164.7 1191.0 1188.0 1129.1 1129.7 1129.5 1121.8 1131.9 1095.8 1064.3
  Females   503.0 507.4 499.4 524.6 526.1 528.0 539.0 527.7 531.2 546.5 543.7 542.6 530.0 517.1
  Persons   817.6 823.7 795.2 809.0 813.5 826.6 831.3 798.9 806.2 814.6 808.7 811.7 788.8 768.3

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.
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Suggested citation: Hunter New England Population Health Unit, - Hunter New England Health e-resource. Hunter New England Health, NSW , 2007 Available at: http://www.hnehealth.nsw.gov.au/HNEPH/HHNE/beh/beh_smkaf.htm. Accessed (insert date of access).
Produced by: Hunter New England Population Health Unit, Hunter New England Health, with assistance from: Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, NSW Department of Health.
Last updated on: 10 December 2007
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