Pollution is the Cause of Increasing Pulmonary Diseases in the Philippines 2/11/2008
A study conducted recently by an international group cited pollution as the cause of the increasingly prevalent lung disease called Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The growing COPD burden is partly due to the aging of the world population and smoking or exposure to fumes.
The study called “Burden of Obstructive Lung Diseases” participated in by the COPD Foundation of the Philippines and the COPD Council of the Philippine College of Chest Physicians, revealed that of the 918 sampled individuals aged 40 and above, approximately 14 percent have COPD of various severities. This is higher than the previous rates of reported COPD in the country of 3.76-6.3 percent, with twice the number among male population.
There was a high rate of smokers in the population with 81.5 percent among males and 31.5 percent among females. About nine percent of males and seven percent of females with COPD had no history of cigarette smoking, thus raising the questions about the role of other exposures like air pollution.
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