Smoking and lung-related issues are higher in Gippsland
Gippsland is over-represented in many categories of lung-related health issues compared to the rest of Victoria, including other regional areas. These included potentially preventable hospitalisations as a result of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and avoidable deaths as a result of respiratory system diseases.
Smoking and lung-related issues are higher in Gippsland
Twenty per cent of Gippslanders smoke, compared with the Victorian average of 13 per cent, prompting a Gippsland doctor to […]
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