Table 1. Premature deaths averted and associated years of life gained due to the imposition of a junk food tax, modelled from 2003 to 2030.
Male | Female | Total | ||||
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Premature deaths averted | Years of Life Gained | Premature deaths averted | Years of Life Gained | Premature deaths averted | Years of Life Gained | |
Ischaemic Heart Disease | 691 | 6,024 | 150 | 1,191 | 841 | 7,215 |
95% CI | 608–763 | 5,279–6,632 | 119–181 | 938–1,466 | 758–918 | 6,455–7,815 |
Stroke | 251 | 2,046 | 139 | 1,124 | 390 | 3,170 |
95% CI | 202–299 | 1,626–2,383 | 106–172 | 838–1,494 | 323–455 | 2,545–3,671 |
Diabetes Mellitus | 286 | 2,286 | 104 | 821 | 390 | 3,107 |
95% CI | 230–339 | 1,730–2,917 | 86–127 | 566–1,101 | 323–445 | 2,473–3,823 |
Colorectal Cancer | 113 | 1,072 | 47 | 441 | 160 | 1,513 |
95% CI | 91–133 | 857–1,335 | 37–57 | 300–561 | 137–180 | 1,250–1,808 |
Hypertensive Heart Disease | 71 | 611 | 46 | 405 | 118 | 1,016 |
95% CI | 59–87 | 436–795 | 35–56 | 248–559 | 99–137 | 744–1,267 |
Breast Cancer | - | - | 69 | 649 | 69 | 649 |
95% CI | - | - | 60–76 | 547–747 | 60–76 | 547–747 |
Kidney Cancer | 52 | 459 | 15 | 122 | 66 | 581 |
95% CI | 46–58 | 329–569 | 43040 | 63–182 | 60–74 | 484–682 |
Endometrial Cancer | - | - | 18 | 152 | 18 | 152 |
95% CI | - | - | 15–21 | 72–215 | 15–21 | 72–215 |
Total | 1,464 | 12,499 | 588 | 4,904 | 2,053 | 17,403 |
95% CI | 1,355–1,580 | 11,514–13,340 | 545–642 | 4,396–5,520 | 1,941–2,197 | 16,456–18,415 |
CI = confidence interval