Open AccessYears of life lost due to asthma in a population-based 10-year study in Yazd, Iran
Author(s) -
Hamidreza Rahavi,
Alexander S Taft,
M. Mirzaei
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_66_18
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , life expectancy , demography , mortality rate , population , cause of death , pediatrics , environmental health , disease , sociology
Asthma is a prevalent disease in both children and adults. Significant progress in the management of asthma and prevention of asthmatic attacks resulted in a reduction of asthma deaths, but there is a variation among different regions based on health-care access and environmental factors. We aimed to investigate the trend of asthma mortality during a 10-year period in Yazd Province, a region in the center of Iran.