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COPD prevalence in Australia vs South Korea

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COPD prevalence in Australia vs South Korea

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Running head: COPD PREVALENCE IN AUSTRALIA VS SOUTH KOREACOPD prevalence in Australia vs South KoreaName of the student:Name of the university:Author note:
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1COPD PREVALENCE IN AUSTRALIA VS SOUTH KOREATable of ContentsIncidence and prevalence of COPD in Australia2Reason behind COPD being a issue in Australia:3Incidence and prevalence of COPD in South Korea:4Rationale for difference between both countries in COPD statistics:5References:7
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2COPD PREVALENCE IN AUSTRALIA VS SOUTH KOREAIncidence and prevalence of COPD in Australia:COPD can be defined as the obstructive lung disease that restricts the smooth air passageacross the bronchial tubes and leads to severe episodes of shortness of breath or dyspnea in thepatient and can pave way for many related health disorders for the patient. It has to be mentionedthat the COPD is a disease trajectory that involves chronic manifestation of both bronchitis andemphysema, and this complex procedure usually takes a considerably long time to manifest; andhence this disease is generally observed in the older population. COPD has been discovered asthe one of the greatest public health priority for a vast majority of both developing and developednation, and for Australia, the statistical figures are nothing short of alarming (Burney et al.2015).According to the report of Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2018), the number ofdeaths in the last couple of years has been 7100 due to COPD, which led to COPD being the fifthleading cause of death in all of Australia. However, in order to understand the predominance ofthe diseases in the particular national context, it is very important to distinguish the incidencerate of the disease and wit the prevalence of the same in the nation. The incidence if a particulardisease reflects the statistical figure of the increase in the number of COPD acquired by patientswho have had no past history of COPD, acquiring it in a given period of time. It has to beunderstood that incidence rate often indicates at the number of new cases reported in a givenperiod of time pertaining to a disease which in turn indicates at the vulnerability of a populationto the risk of contracting a particular disease. On the other hand the prevalence is the existentCOPD patients alive and struggling with the disease, a cumulative figure of total number of
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