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[Recent trends in mortality, years of life lost (YLLs), and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) attributable to tobacco in Japan].
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Shibuya, Kenji |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Abstract | To assess recent trends in mortality and disease burden from tobacco in Japan, the present study estimated the number of deaths, years of life lost (YLLs) and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) attributable to tobacco for the years 1985 and 1995. Since smoking prevalence is a very poor measure of population exposure to tobacco, this study employed an alternative measure of the attributable fractions based on excess lung cancer mortality. It is suggested that there was a significant increase in both the absolute numbers and age-standardized rates of tobacco-attributed mortality and disease burden over the decade, in particular from lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In 1995, tobacco already accounted for 12% of total mortality, 16% of total male mortality and 7% of total female mortality. The burden of disease attributable to tobacco amounted to 10% of the total YLLs and 7% of total DALYs, suggesting that tobacco is probably a single major risk factor of mortality and morbidity in Japan. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1265/jjh.56.484 |
| PubMed reference number | 11519182 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 56 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jjh1946/56/2/56_2_484/_pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1265/jjh.56.484 |
| Journal | Nihon eiseigaku zasshi. Japanese journal of hygiene |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
