Rise in global deaths and disability due to lung diseases over past three decades.

[2greys]

There has been an increase in deaths and disability due to chronic respiratory (lung) diseases over the past three decades, finds an analysis of data from 195 countries published by The BMJ today. The poorest regions of the world had the greatest disease burden. Ageing and risk factors including smoking, environmental pollution, and body weight also play a key role, say the researchers. Chronic respiratory diseases pose a major public health problem, with an estimated 3.9 million deaths in 2017, accounting for 7% of all deaths worldwide.

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[Oldspark]

I am not a scientist, but could the rise be due to the fact, that people 30 years ago, were unaware of the dangers of working in a dangerous environment, say with chemicals and asbestos, without the proper equipment. I believe that my condition of advanced interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and Co2 retention, could be a major factor, of working with both chemical and asbestos exposure, when I was a young apprentice electrician, and has only now, at 73 come to bite me on the bum. I have been given months to live rather than a few years. So maybe I will add to the statistics?

I was about 16/17 then, health and safety did not exist much then.

[2greys in reply to Oldspark]

I cannot agree more, having had a lot of exposure to many nasty substances myself. It haunts me now, but little I can do about it. The companies involved having long gone.