Evaluating the Effect of Dust Phenomenon on Respiratory Disease and Death From Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disease in Kermanshah (2008-2013)



Pirsaheb M¹ ; Bakhshi S¹ ; Almasi A¹ ; Mousavi SA¹ ; Rezaei M² ; Sharafi K^{1, 3} ; Saleh E² Show Affiliations
Source: International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology Published:2016

Abstract

Every year a large part of Iran especially western and south western region are affected by dust. The aim of this study is to determine the outcome of dust phenomenon occurrence and its impact on the number of patient’s admission and mortality from cardiovascular and respiratory disease in Kermanshah during past few years.This is a descriptive study. In present study the data which related to the dust occurrence (concentration of particle PM10), the number of respiratory patients admission and the number of death from cardiovascular and respiratory disease during the last 6 years in Kermanshah (2008-2013) were collected from environmental organization and Kermanshah’s hospitals and the average of all the particles concentration PM10 during 5 years was 122.82 μg/m3 with the standard deviation of 55.02 and the regression analysis showed a significant relation between dust concentration and the number of admitted patients whom suffer from respiratory infection and chronic pulmonary disease and death from cardiovascular disease. But there isn’t a significant relation between the increase of dust concentration and chronic obstructive respiratory disease, angina, asthma and death from respiratory disease. The results showed that by increasing the dust concentration, the number of respiratory infection patients, the chronic pulmonary disease and death from cardiovascular disease have increased. © 2016, International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. All rights reserved.