In 2018, tobacco use was the leading attributable risk factor to the cancer burden in Australia. That year, over 189,000 disability adjusted life years, or DALYs, were attributed to tobacco use. DALYs are used to measure the burden of a disease, or years of healthy life lost, by combining years of life lost with years of life lived with disability. Other leading risk factors included being overweight or obese, alcohol use, diet-related risks, and high sun exposure.
Total cancer burden attributable to specific risk factors in Australia in 2018
(in disability adjusted life years)
DALY = disability adjusted life year, and measures the number of healthy years of life lost by combining years of life lost (premature death) and years of life lived with disability.
Dietary risk factors are represented as 'combined diet'.
Values rounded by source.
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AIHW. (December 1, 2021). Total cancer burden attributable to specific risk factors in Australia in 2018 (in disability adjusted life years) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310541/australia-cancer-burden-attributable-risk-factors/
AIHW. "Total cancer burden attributable to specific risk factors in Australia in 2018 (in disability adjusted life years)." Chart. December 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310541/australia-cancer-burden-attributable-risk-factors/
AIHW. (2021). Total cancer burden attributable to specific risk factors in Australia in 2018 (in disability adjusted life years). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310541/australia-cancer-burden-attributable-risk-factors/
AIHW. "Total Cancer Burden Attributable to Specific Risk Factors in Australia in 2018 (in Disability Adjusted Life Years)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310541/australia-cancer-burden-attributable-risk-factors/
AIHW, Total cancer burden attributable to specific risk factors in Australia in 2018 (in disability adjusted life years) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310541/australia-cancer-burden-attributable-risk-factors/ (last visited December 18, 2024)
Total cancer burden attributable to specific risk factors in Australia in 2018 (in disability adjusted life years) [Graph], AIHW, December 1, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310541/australia-cancer-burden-attributable-risk-factors/
