PH 005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Improved Sanitation, Coronary Artery Disease, Disability-Adjusted Life Year
23 Apr 2019
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Chapter 7: the environment and health (part 2) Global burden of disease study 2010 estimated: ~3. 5 million deaths and 4. 3% f global dalys were attributable to household air pollution. 3. 1 million deaths & 3. 1% if global dalys were attributable to ambient air pollution. Unimproved water and sanitation: 0. 3 million deaths and 0. 9% of global dalys. Ppl believe = most important environmental factor for low & middle. Who estimates ~4. 3 million deaths in 2012 from stroke, ischemic heart disease, acute lower respiratory infections, lung cancer, and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases were attributable to household air pollution. It is largely a burden in india and china. Almost all burden due to household air pollution if due to sold fossil fuels in low & middle. Young children are often carried by their mothers on their backs while they do chores such as cooking so they are also at a higher risk.
