ReviewBMC public health2008
Methodologies used to estimate tobacco-attributable mortality: a review.
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- Research funding for addressing tobacco-related disease: an analysis of UK investment between 2008 and 2012.BMJ open · 2016Article
- Comparison of Prevalence- and Smoking Impact Ratio-Based Methods of Estimating Smoking-Attributable Fractions of Deaths.Journal of epidemiology · 2016Article
- The impact of smoking on gender differences in life expectancy: more heterogeneous than often stated.European journal of public health · 2015Article
- Smoking-attributable mortality in Morocco: results of a prevalence-based study in Casablanca.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2014Article
- An observational study to assess changes in social inequality in smoking-attributable upper aero digestive tract cancer mortality among Canadian males between 1986 and 2001.BMC public health · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundOne of the most important measures for ascertaining the impact of tobacco on a population is the estimation of the mortality attributable to its use. To measure this, a number of indirect methods of quantification are available, yet there is no consensus as to which furnishes the best information. This study sought to provide a critical overview of the different methods of attribution of mortality due to tobacco consumption.
methodA search was made in the Medline database until March 2005 in order to obtain papers that addressed the methodology employed for attributing mortality to tobacco use.
resultsOf the total of 7 methods obtained, the most widely used were the prevalence methods, followed by the approach proposed by Peto et al, with the remainder being used in a minority of studies.
conclusionDifferent methodologies are used to estimate tobacco attributable mortality, but their methodological foundations are quite similar in all. Mainly, they are based on the calculation of proportional attributable fractions. All methods show limitations of one type or another, sometimes common to all methods and sometimes specific.
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