Journal of health informatics and statistics

The Korean Society of Health Informatics and Statistics (한국보건정보통계학회)
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Smoking-Attributable Mortality among Korean Adults, 2012

한국인 성인 남녀의 흡연관련 사망에 관한 연구

  • Jung, Keum Ji (Department of Public Health, Graduate School, Yonsei University) ;
  • Yun, Young Duk (National Health Insurance Service) ;
  • Baek, Soo Jin (National Health Insurance Service) ;
  • Jee, Sun Ha (Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Institute for Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, Il Soon (Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Institute for Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University)
  • 정금지 (연세대학교 대학원 보건학과) ;
  • 윤영덕 (국민건강보험공단 건강보험정책연구원) ;
  • 백수진 (국민건강보험공단 건강보험정책연구원) ;
  • 지선하 (연세대학교 보건대학원 역학건강증진학과, 국민건강증진연구소) ;
  • 김일순 (연세대학교 보건대학원 역학건강증진학과, 국민건강증진연구소)
  • Received : 2013.11.05
  • Accepted : 2013.12.18
  • Published : 2013.12.31
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Abstract

Objectives: Cigarette smoking has been widely recognized as a major risk factor for lung cancer and other diseases in Western countries. In Korea, male cigarette smoking prevalence was among the world's highest between 1980 and 1990 and smoking has also become a strong risk factor for lung cancer and cardiovascular diseases. The objective of the study was to calculate the smoking-attributable mortality in 2012 in Korea. Methods: Number of smoking-attributable deaths were calculated by applying the percentages of population attributable risks (PARs) to the estimated number of deaths by diseases in 2012. In this study, PARs were obtained by using relative risks from the Korean Cancer Prevention Study and the Metabolic Syndrome Mortality Study, and population smoking prevalence surveyed in 1985 conducted by Korean Institute of Tuberculosis. Results: The smoking-attributable mortality was 58,155 death in 2012. Among adult male, the smoking-attributable mortality (49,704) represents 34.7% of total 2012 mortality, whereas the smoking-attributable mortality (8,451) for adult females was 7.2%. Smoking was supposed to be responsible for 41.1% of all male cancer and 33.4% of all male cardiovascular diseases, whereas smoking for 5.1% of all female cancer and 5.4% of all female cardiovascular diseases in Korea. Conclusions: Smoking actually represents a remarkable burden of avoidable deaths in Korea. Smoking-attributable mortality appears to continue increasing by the next 10 to 20 years.

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Acknowledgement

Supported by : metabolic syndrome management of Seoul

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