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Epidemiološka dijagnoza i etiološki faktori kronične nespecifične bronhopulmonalne bolesti, na osnovi naših istraživanja

Summary In this report some of the main results of the epidemiologicai study of chronic bronchopulmonary disease are presented. This epidemiologicai survey of middle aged population was carried out in six communities in Croatia, Yugoslavia in 1969 and 1972. The prevalence rate of chronic bronehitis was lower in younger aged group than in older (14, 4% to 22, 6%) and same for the obstruction (1, 8% to 8, 9%). The same phenomenon among vvomen was not clearely expressed. Bronehitis was four times as frequent in men and women smokers than it was in men and vvomen nonsmokers. Respiratory obstruction was two times as frequent in men smokers than it was in men nonsmokers. Respiratory obstruction was not more frequent in vvomen smokers than it was in women nonsmokers. Bronchitis and respiratory obstruction were two times as frequent in men nonsmokers than they were in women nonsmokers. That shows that higher prevalence rate of bronchitis and respiratory obstruction among men is not coused only because of more frequent smoking habit among men than women. From our data it was not possible to conclude that climatic conditions or degree of urbanization play an important role in the prevalence of chronic nonspecific bronchopulmonary disease. Still it can be elaimed that hardest socioeconomic living conditions have a significant share in the rate of bronchopulmonary disease.

bolest; bronhopulmonalna; nespecifična; istraživanje; epidemiološko; dijagnoza

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