Document 0908
 DOCN  M9540908
 TI    Premature mortality in Australia 1983-1992, the first decade of the AIDS
       epidemic.
 DT    9504
 AU    Gold J; Li Y; Kaldor JM; Albion Street Centre, Surry Hills, NSW.
 SO    Med J Aust. 1994 Dec 5-19;161(11-12):652-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95131810
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To determine the trends in premature mortality due to
       selected causes in Australia and in selected States for the whole
       population and for adults aged 25 to 44 years. DESIGN: Analysis of data
       from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the National AIDS Registry
       for the 10 years from 1983 to 1992. Premature mortality was measured in
       terms of years of potential life lost before the age of 75 years
       (YPLL-75). Trends in premature mortality due to AIDS were compared with
       those for 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
       premature mortality due to AIDS and suicide in young men and an increase
       in deaths due to breast cancer in young women over the past decade. The
       overall number of potential years of life lost has remained constant,
       partially because these increases have been counterbalanced by declines
       in deaths from traffic accidents, acute myocardial infarction and
       cerebrovascular disease. The increasing trend in premature mortality due
       to AIDS is strongest in New South Wales, followed by Victoria and
       Queensland, with smaller increases in the other States and Territories.
       CONCLUSIONS: Apparent advances in medical care have reduced premature
       deaths from acute myocardial infarction and stroke and public health
       measures are likely to have reduced traffic accident deaths; but at the
       same time there have been serious increases in HIV, suicide and breast
       cancer among young adults.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Adult  Age Factors
       Aged  Australia/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Cause of Death/TRENDS  Female  Human  Male
       Middle Age  Mortality/*TRENDS  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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