1. Air Pollution & your health Boehringer Ingelheim Mohammed AL-TawiL

3. Air pollution and its’ effect on our body

4. Air Pollution Risks Many risks including: Many risks including:  Heart disease  Throat disease  Lung cancer  Shortness of breath & Chronic coughing  COPD ?

5.  One of the main problems of Air pollution is COPD …

9. ImpairmentDisabilityHandicap The Impact of a Chronic Disease Witek TJ. Respir Care Clin North Am (1999)

12. Percent Change in Age-Adjusted Death Rates, U.S., 1965-1998 0 0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 Proportion of 1965 Rate 1965 - 1998 –59% –64% –35% +163% –7% Coronary Heart Disease Coronary Heart Disease Stroke Other CVD COPD All Other Causes All Other Causes

14. Burden Of Diseases

15. COPD has a Profound Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life PF = Physical Functioning; RP = Role-Physical; BP = Body Pain; GH = General Health; VT = Vitality; SF = Social Functioning; RE = Role-Emotional; MH = Mental Health Impact of COPD on HRQOL (SF-36™)

17. Rates of COPD per 100 adults Refs: Viegi, 2000; Pena, 2000; Fukuchi, 2001; Mannino, 2000; Woo, 1988; Bakke, 1991; Lange, 1989 COPD is Prevalent Throughout the World

18. Ref: Murray & Lopez, 1996. DALY = Disability adjusted life-year. COPD is growing faster than many major global causes of disease-related disability The Rise of COPD as a Cause of Disability

19. Please Help me …. Pollution in Jordanian main cities Is killing me

21.  Questions ?

22.  Thank you