HEALTH GEOGRAPHY – THE CONTEXT OF HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE EXAMPLE OF ASTHMA DIAGNOSIS
HEALTH GEOGRAPHY – THE CONTEXT OF HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE EXAMPLE OF ASTHMA DIAGNOSIS

Author(s): Dana Hübelová , Alice Kozumplíková, Jarmila Überhuberová
Subject(s): Environmental Geography, Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: population health; asthma diagnosis; mortality on diseases of the respiratory system; emissions of major pollutants;
Summary/Abstract: Non-communicable diseases are the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in developed countries. The aim of the paper is to present the development of patients with asthma diagnosis and mortality on diseases of the respiratory system in relation to the emissions of major pollutants in 2006–2015 and the air pollution load expressed in five-year averages between 2011 and 2015. Model regions represent deliberately selected regions of the Czech Republic. The growth of the number of dispensarized patients with asthma diagnosis is reported by the whole Czech Republic and selected regions in the period 2006–2015. The highest share of growth by age groups has populations aged 20+. The number of patients with asthma diagnosis (per 100,000 inhabitants) significantly exceeds the Czech Republic in the Moravian-Silesian Region, while the low number of these patients is in the South Bohemian Region. These trends also correspond to the emission and values of the main air pollutants transferred to the burden of the territory, despite the improvement in their status compared to 2006 and 2015.

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