Recipe Name

View in the map the aggregated population of Daily Smokers aged 18 to 29.

Rationale

Quitting smoking before 30 years of age reduces a person's risk of lung cancer by 90 per cent1. By identifying the population of daily smokers aged 18 to 29 within your PHN
or organisation area or practice and viewing it on a map will help you target high risk areas that need programs or clinical interventions for quitting smoking.

Target

Areas in your PHN or organisation or practice with daily smokers aged 18 to 29 that can be targeted for programs or clinical interventions for quitting smoking.

PAT CAT Starting Point

  1. You are logged in to your organisation's PAT CAT
  2. Population extract loaded and extract pane 'hidden'
  3. Optional Only (star): Filter Pane Open and under the 'General' tab, "Active (3x < 2 years)" selected


    *The decision to select either "Active" or "All" patient is left to the practice to make.


1 https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/smoking-statistics


Aggregated population of Daily Smokers aged 18 to 29.


  1. In Filter Pane
    1. Select General tab.
    2. Enter '18' in the Start Age box and '29' in the End Age box under Age.
    3. Ensure that Yrs radio button is selected.




Click Recalculate.

Click Hide Filters.

  1. In Reports pane
    1. Select Smoking tab.
    2. Click Status tab.
    3. Click the View Map button.





  1. In View Map window
    1. In the left section you can select the Region Settings, filter your Aggregated Data, and can see the range of the population under Legend.




Note: Click here for more information on View Map window.


    1. Under Region Type then Region Settings select 'ABS 2011 Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2)', the lowest level of Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) structure for which estimated resident population, health and vitals and other non-census ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) data are generally available.




Note: See Region Type for more information.


Under Aggregated Data click 'Daily Smoker' then select the PHN or other organisation (indicated by your organisation's name) or the individual practice (indicated by the Practice ID). We will select Demo PHN for the purpose of this recipe.



Note: If you are logged on as a practice, you will only see drop downs relating to the entire PHN or other organisation and the practice which you have logged on as.



The Legend is updated to show the colour coded population group.




The map then displays the aggregated data information of Daily Smokers aged 18-29 in Demo PHN area.

Hovering your mouse pointer over a map segment or colour coded section of the map allows you to see the exact Aggregated Data count for that segment.


Note: PAT CAT will not display patients in an area where the number of patients drops to below 5.
You can interact with the map:


  • Click and drag to move the map.
  • Click the + and – to zoom in and out.
  • Click the Change Basemap symbol to cycle through a range of map types, displaying satellite images, roads, etc.
  • The house symbol will bring you to the default Sydney area.