… With an aging global population, chronic respiratory diseases are becoming a more … from
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are highest in low-income regions of the world, …

… As outlined in Table 1, the morbidity and mortality related to lung diseases is … burdened
with chronic respiratory conditions; four million people die prematurely from chronic respiratory …

… burden and related risk factors, from updated international … is available from the Global
Burden of Diseases Study (GBD) … deaths due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …

… detailed analysis of the global and regional burden of chronic respiratory disease arising from
non… Malignant occupational respiratory disease20 and an overview of all occupational risk …

… worldwide had a chronic respiratory disease, representing an increase of 39·8% compared
with 1990. Chronic respiratory disease … of each chronic respiratory disease in 2017 was also …

… factors for acute and chronic respiratory diseases. Pediatric and adult respiratory disease is
closely linked. Early childhood respiratory infection or environmental exposures may lead to …

… of all burden measures of COPD, asthma, and pneumoconiosis have reduced globally
from … and prevalence of interstitial lung disease and pulmonary sarcoidosis have increased …

… It is essential that the Millennium Development Goals are expanded to include the
reduction of chronic disease, comprising respiratory illness. Indeed, by reducing deaths from …

… Asthma was the most prevalent chronic respiratory disease worldwide in 2015, with twice
the number of cases of COPD. Deaths from COPD were eight times more common than deaths …

… 1990 to 2016 as part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and … in the burden of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (… We compared the burden of chronic respiratory diseases in …