All other risk factors

The risk factors presented in this section contributed less than 1% of the total burden in Australia in 2018. This includes: high sun exposure, low birth weight and short gestation, low bone mineral density, iron deficiency, unsafe sex and bullying victimisation (see ABDS 2018 Risk factor estimates data table).

Changes over time due to bullying victimisation, sun exposure, low bone mineral density and iron deficiency are due to changes in the linked disease burden as the same estimate of exposure to the risk factor or population attributable fraction is used for each year.

Use the interactive graphs on each tab to explore the burden due to each risk factor by:

  • sex by linked disease (number and percent of linked disease)
  • age and sex by linked disease (number and percent of linked disease)
  • changes over time by sex (number and age-standardised rate).

Tab 1: This interactive data visualisation shows attributable burden by linked disease due to either bullying victimisation, high sun exposure, iron deficiency, low birth weight and short gestation, low bone mineral density and unsafe sex. The main section shows a horizontal bar graph which can be customised to report data according to risk factor, year, sex and measure of attributable burden. Each bar represents the attributable burden of the disease linked to the risk factor.

Tab 2: This interactive data visualisation shows the amount of attributable burden by age group and linked disease due to either bullying victimisation, high sun exposure, iron deficiency, low birth weight and short gestation, low bone mineral density and unsafe sex. The main section shows a stacked bar graph which can be customised to report data according to risk factor, year, sex, disease group and measure of attributable burden. Each bar represents the attributable burden within a particular age group. Each bar is also split into separate components with each colour representing a disease linked to the risk factor.

Tab 3: This interactive data visualisation shows the rate of attributable burden by year due to either bullying victimisation, high sun exposure, iron deficiency, low birth weight and short gestation, low bone mineral density and unsafe sex. The main section shows a horizontal bar graph which can be customised to report data according to year, sex and measure of attributable burden. Each bar represents the attributable burden within a particular year due to tobacco use.