Measuring the burden of premature death due to smoking in Korea from 1990 to 1999

Ha, Beomman; Yoon, Seok Jun; Lee, H. Y.; Ahn, Hyeong Sik; Kim, Choon Yul; Shin, Yang Sik

doi:10.1016/s0033-3506(03)00142-2

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“…The following eleven major smoking-related cancers were included in this analysis based on previous studies (Ha et al, 2003;Lee et al, 2006) : cancer of the lip, oral cavity, and pharynx (C00-C14); esophagus (C15), pancreas (C25), larynx (C32), and trachea, lung and bronchus cancer (C33, C34); cancer of the cervix uteri (C53), urinary bladder (C67), kidney and other urinary (C64, C65, C66, C68); stomach (C16), liver (C22) and colorectal (C18-C21) cancer. Also, this analysis limited its scope to those 35 years old and older, as most of the cumulative hazardous effects of smoking-related cancers are unlikely to manifest in individuals younger than middle age (Ha et al, 2003;Kang et al, 2003;Lee et al, 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Also, this analysis limited its scope to those 35 years old and older, as most of the cumulative hazardous effects of smoking-related cancers are unlikely to manifest in individuals younger than middle age (Ha et al, 2003;Kang et al, 2003;Lee et al, 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Patients who did not use health care for a specific cancer during 2005-2007 but used health care in 2008 were defined as incident cases. Incidence rate was computed as the number of incident cases per total population (Ha et al, 2003;Lee et al, 2006), except in the case of larynx, urinary bladder, and kidney and other urinary cancers for which the number of incident cases and the incidence rate were determined according to 2007 registry data from the National Cancer Information Center. The number of incident cases according to NHIC claims data was used in conjunction with the number of deaths determined from NSO data in order to estimate the case fatality rate for each cancer.…”

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“…Also Smoking alone causes 1.5 million cancer deaths, which account for 21% of all cancer deaths (seven million) globally (Danaei et al, 2005). In Korea, premature cancer death due to smoking accounts for 61.9% and 15.8% of total cancer-related premature death in men and women, respectively (Ha et al, 2003). Other studies conducted in Korea found that the burden of major smoking-related cancers (measured in DALYs) was 1,930.1 person years per 100,000 men in 2001 (Lee et al, 2006).…”

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“…Because of the public health implications of smoking, some studies investigating the health and economic burden of smoking have been conducted in Korea (Ha et al, 2003;Kang et al, 2003;Lee et al, 2006;. However, these studies do not reflect recent rapid changes in the prevalence of smoking in Korea.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Cigarette smoking is one of the most important public health concerns in Korea and worldwide. A number of studies have been conducted to measure the health and economic burden of smoking, but these did not reflect recent changes such as the decrease in smoking rate and the increase in the incidence of cancer. The purpose of this study was to provide up-to-date estimates of the health and economic burden of cancer caused by smoking and to compare the results with those of previous studies. Cancer-related burden was assessed with nationally representative data such as claims data from the National Health Insurance Corporation, and cause of death records from the National Statistical Office and the Korea Health Panel. We determined the smoking-attributable burden by multiplying the smoking-attributable fraction by the total burden. As a result, the burden of major cancers due to smoking was found to be substantial despite a recent sharp decrease in smoking by the Korean population. The total economic cost reaches $2,234.0 million in males and $870.0 million in females. Also, the health burden of cancers due to smoking is 2,038.9 disability adjusted life years (DALYs) per 100,000 individuals in men and 732.2 DALYs per 100,000 individuals in women. Among all cancers, cancers of the trachea, lungs and bronchus are the leading causes of health and economic burden. The huge burden caused by cancers linked to smoking makes it imperative that adequate policies to decrease the prevalence of smoking be developed, particularly considering the recent increase in smoking rate among women.

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