Interpreting lung disease data

• What does Figure 1 show in the lung disease data interpretation?

  Percentage of adults who smoke and lung cancer cases
• What does Figure 2 illustrate?

  Age-standardised mortality rates for lung cancer in men
• What trend does Figure 3 depict regarding asthma cases in the UK?

  New asthma cases fell from 87 to 62 per 100,000
• What does Figure 4 show about sulfur dioxide emissions in the UK?

  Emissions fell from 3 to 1.2 million tonnes
• What does Figure 5 depict?

  National sulfur dioxide emissions from various sources
• What was the outcome of the 1965 agreement between the UK government and tobacco companies?

  First voluntary health warning labels on cigarette packets
• What did studies in the 1980s and 1990s link passive smoking to?

  Lung cancer and other diseases
• What was the public response to the failure of a total ban on smoking?

  Increased public pressure for tighter controls
• What did the British Medical Association call for in 2002?

  A ban on smoking in public places
• When did the ban on smoking in cars carrying under-18s come into force?

  October 2015
• What are the trends in COPD death rates in Australia based on tobacco consumption?

  • Analyze per capita tobacco consumption
  • Examine death rates due to COPD
  • Identify correlations between the two
• What does Q1 ask regarding male COPD trends?

  Describe the trend in male COPD
• What does Q2 ask regarding female COPD trends?

  Describe the trend in female COPD
• What does Q3 claim about COPD in women?

  Not strongly linked to smoking
• What does Q4 suggest for the Australian government regarding data use?

  Improve the use of health data