Climatic and community sociodemographic factors associated with remote Indigenous Australian smoking rates: an ecological study of health audit data.

ABSTRACT: Australian Indigenous smoking rates are highest in remote communities but likely vary between communities; few studies have assessed community features in relation to Indigenous smoking rates.

Design and objective

This ecological study evaluated the associations between smoking rates, and community sociodemographic and climatic characteristics for a large sample of remote Indigenous communities.

Setting and sample

Records (n=2689) from an audit of community health centres in the Northern Territory and Queensland were used to estimate smoking rates dichotomised at the median for 70 predominantly Indigenous remote communities. Community characteristics were similarly dichotomised.

Methods

Cross-tabulations were used to calculate the odds of a community classified as high

SUBMITTER: Carroll SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6624038 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature