Decomposing Indigenous life expectancy gap by risk factors: a life table analysis

Table 1 Example of calculating population attributable fraction, alcohol for mouth and oropharynx cancer

Indigenous status	Sex	Age group	Prevalence			PAF*
			Low	Hazardous	Harmful
Indigenous	male	0-14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Indigenous	male	15-19	0.26	0.05	0.08	0.34
Indigenous	male	20-24	0.43	0.08	0.14	0.46
Indigenous	male	25-34	0.43	0.19	0.13	0.48
Indigenous	male	35-44	0.46	0.10	0.12	0.45
Indigenous	male	>=45	0.12	0.15	0.25	0.56
Indigenous	female	0-14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Indigenous	female	15-19	0.08	0.11	0.06	0.28
Indigenous	female	20-24	0.14	0.18	0.10	0.39
Indigenous	female	25-34	0.13	0.08	0.14	0.43
Indigenous	female	35-44	0.07	0.05	0.34	0.61
Indigenous	female	>=45	0.00	0.00	0.30	0.57
…	…	…	…	…	…	…

* Relative risks of mouth and oropharynx cancers for low, hazardous, and harmful drinkers are 1.45, 1.85 and 5.39 respectively[17].

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