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 |
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 |
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1 https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/smoking-statistics
Aggregated population of Daily Smokers aged 18 to 29.
Click Recalculate.
Click Hide Filters.
Note: Click here for more information on View Map window.
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: