Epidemiologia da DPOC: enfrentando desafios
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2013
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The worldwide increase in the incidence of respiratory diseases has been greatly influenced by exposure to tobacco and
other environmental pollutants, as well as climate variations. Among such diseases, COPD merits special attention, being
responsible for 3 million deaths each year (5% of deaths from all causes), a number that is predicted to grow progressively.
Various factors (the aging of the population, the recognition of COPD as a systemic disease, and the epidemic proportions of
COPD-related multimorbidity) have contributed to the development of a new epidemiological perspective on COPD, which
has increased the complexity of its management. Another change refers to the fact that COPD is among the few diseases
that present proportional growth as a cause of death, and the numbers change when we stratify deaths by gender, showing
a proportional increase among women, reflecting the global trend in the data related to smoking, the proportion of female
smokers having increased. Genetic alterations, family history, vitamin D deficiency, and exposure to smoke from biomass
burning (for heating or food preparation) are the new epidemiological paradigms in the genesis of COPD.
The current epidemiological characteristics of COPD truly represent a great challenge.
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Doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica/epidemiologia, Hábito de fumar, Envelhecimento, Pulmonary disease, Chronic obstructive/epidemiology, Smoking, Aging
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RABAHI, Marcelo F. Epidemiologia da DPOC: enfrentando desafios. Pulmão RJ, Rio de Janeiro, v. 22, n. 2, p. 4-8, 2013.