Province-specific smoking-attributable cancer mortality in China 2013.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Province-specific initiatives are at the forefront of tobacco control but limited studies have provided province-specific assessment of smoking-attributable cancer burden in China.

Methods

We estimated the fraction of total and site-specific cancer mortality attributable to tobacco smoking in 31 provinces in mainland China. The population attributable fractions (PAFs) for cancer deaths due to smoking were calculated by Levin's formula using province-specific smoking prevalence data around 1998 (assuming a 15-year latency time) and relative risks from cohort studies and meta-analyses. The 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of PAFs were calculated by a Delta method. Cancer deaths were abstracted from cancer registry data of the 31 provinces in mainland China in 2013.<

SUBMITTER: Yu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7291958 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature