Background The burden of chronic respiratory diseases has changed over the three
decades. This study aims to describe the spatiotemporal trends of prevalence, mortality, and …

Background Updated data on chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) are vital in their
prevention, control, and treatment in the path to achieving the third UN Sustainable …

Background Previous attempts to characterise the burden of chronic respiratory diseases
have focused only on specific disease conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Abstract Background Chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) are leading causes of morbidity
worldwide. However, the spatial and temporal trends in prevalence and incidence of CRDs …

Introduction Data on the distribution of the burden of diseases is vital for policymakers for the
appropriate allocation of resources. In this study, we report the geographical and time trends …

Background: We aimed to estimate the incidence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years
(DALYs) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in 204 countries and territories …

Background As the emerging economies, the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South
Africa) shared 61.58% of the global chronic respiratory diseases (CRD) deaths in 2017. This …

Background and objective Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the most
prevalent chronic respiratory disease. This study investigated the global, regional and …

Background India has 18% of the global population and an increasing burden of chronic
respiratory diseases. However, a systematic understanding of the distribution of chronic …

Background Smoking is believed as one of the major risk factors resulting in a variety of non-
communicable diseases, such as lung cancer and chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) …