Document 0354
 DOCN  M9590354
 TI    Premature mortality in Australia 1983-1992: the first decade of the AIDS
       epidemic.
 DT    9509
 AU    Gold J; Li Y; Kaldor J; Albion Street Centre, Surry Hills, NSW.
 SO    Annu Conf Australas Soc HIV Med. 1994 Nov 3-6;6:140 (unnumbered
       abstract). Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ASHM6/95291745
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To determine the trends in years of potential life lost
       (YPLL-75), before the age of 75 years, due to selected causes of death
       in Australia and in selected States for the whole population and for
       adults aged 25 to 44 years. DESIGN: Australian Bureau of Statistics
       mortality data and the National AIDS Registry were used to analyse
       trends between 1983 and 1992. Trends in YPLL-75 due to AIDS were
       compared with YPLL-75 due to lung cancer, melanoma of the skin, breast
       cancer, diabetes mellitus, acute myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular
       disease, traffic accidents and suicide. RESULTS: There have been marked
       increases in the YPLL-75 due to AIDS and suicide in young males and an
       increase in deaths due to breast cancer in young females over the past
       decade. The overall number of YPLL-75 has remained constant, partially
       because these increases have been counterbalanced by declines in deaths
       due to traffic accidents, acute myocardial infarction and
       cerebrovascular disease. There is a State specific trend in YPLL-75 in
       persons with AIDS with NSW leading, followed by Victoria and Queensland
       with the other States and Territories having much less of a problem.
       CONCLUSIONS: Despite the apparent advances in medical care that have led
       to a decline in premature deaths due to acute myocardial infarction and
       effective diagnosis and treatment for hypertension, which has resulted
       in a decline in premature deaths from stroke and the public health
       measures that have resulted in a reduction in deaths due to traffic
       accidents, there is a growing and serious problem with HIV, suicide and
       breast cancer amongst young adults.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*MORTALITY  Adult  Aged  Breast
       Neoplasms/MORTALITY  Cardiovascular Diseases/MORTALITY  *Cause of Death
       *Disease Outbreaks  Female  Human  Male  Middle Age  Suicide/STATISTICS
       & NUMER DATA  MEETING ABSTRACT

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