Uruguay

Asma Uruguay

Lucía Fernández, Facundo Taboada

Email: asmamedicinafamiliar [at] gmail [dot] com

Asthma and COPD prevalence in Uruguay:

Asthma prevalence1 - 8.6%

COPD prevalence2 - 10.2%

To, T., Stanojevic, S., Moores, G. et al. Global asthma prevalence in adults: findings from the cross-sectional world health survey. BMC Public Health 12, 204 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-204

2 Olortegui-Rodriguez JJ, Soriano-Moreno DR, Benites-Bullón A, Pelayo-Luis PP, Huaringa-Marcelo J. Prevalence and incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Pulm Med. 2022 Jul 16;22(1):273.