Pneumonia and other acute lower respiratory

Worldwide, pneumonia and other acute lower respiratory represent the single largest cause of death among children under five years. Exposure to air pollution inside homes more than doubles the risk of pneumonia and is thus responsible for more than 900 000 of the 2 million annual deaths from pneumonia. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Women exposed to smoke inside the houses have three times as likely to suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), such as chronic bronchitis than women who cook and heat with electricity, gas and d ' other cleaner fuels. Among males, exposure to this neglected risk factor nearly doubles the risk of chronic respiratory diseases. Thus, the air pollution inside homes is responsible for approximately 700 000 deaths in the world on 2.7 million attributable to COPD.