Cancer burden (DALYs) attributable to specific risk factors Australia 2018

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.

2018年，烟草使用成为澳大利亚癌症负担的主要归因风险因素。当年，超过189,000个调整后的寿命年（DALYs）归因于烟草使用。调整后的寿命年是一种衡量疾病负担或健康寿命损失年的指标，它通过将失去的生命年与残疾状态下度过的生活年相结合而得出。其他主要风险因素包括体重过重或肥胖、酒精摄入、与饮食相关的风险以及高强度的阳光照射。