Disease prevalence rate and number of persons with secondhand smoke (SHS)-related diseases among non-smoking adults in rural China, 2011
| Disease rate* (%) | Number of persons with SHS-related diseases among non-smoking adults in rural China (1000)† | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female (N=6139) | Male (N=2919) | Total | Female | Male | Total | |
| Outpatient visits | ||||||
| Asthma | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 359 | 208 | 551 |
| Breast cancer (female) | 0.03 | NA | 0.03 | 72 | 0 | 110 |
| Heart disease | 3.31 | 2.02 | 2.89 | 7932 | 2474 | 10 612 |
| Lung cancer | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 48 | 37 | 73 |
| TB | 0.11 | 0.27 | 0.17 | 264 | 331 | 624 |
| Inpatient hospitalisations | ||||||
| Asthma | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 72 | 122 | 220 |
| Breast cancer (female) | 0 | NA | 0 | 0 | NA | 0 |
| Heart disease | 0.83 | 0.69 | 0.78 | 1989 | 845 | 2864 |
| Lung cancer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TB | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 72 | 171 | 257 |
*Data source: NRHS survey.
†Derived by multiplying ‘Disease rate’ (1st column in table 3) and ‘Number of non-smoking adults in rural China’ (last column in table 2).
NRHS, National Rural Household Survey; TB, tuberculosis.