Use of solid fuel and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Abstract

In Pakistan 72 percent population is using solid fuel for cooking and heating.Annually 51760 Acute Lower Respiratory Infections (ALRI) in the age groupbelow 5 years of age and 18980 COPD deaths in > 30 years old and 2,057,400Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALYS) loss can be attributed to the toxic effects ofinefficient burning of solid fuel. The deaths and DALYs loss amounts to 4.6percentage of national burden of disease.