Deaths Due to Respiratory Diseases Including Malignant Neoplasms in Cyprus and the Effect of Air Pollution

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this work is to study the diseases of the human respiratory system in Cyprus and their relationship to air pollution. Methods: The statistical methods were used to derive the results of this work are Student t-test in order to check the statistical significance of the diseases of the respiratory system in relation togender, One-WayANOVA test in order to check the statistical significance of diseases of thehuman respiratory system in relation to age and the Pearsoncorrelationcoefficient for the relationship between the diseases of predisposing factor of air pollution. Results: The results showed that there is no statistically significant difference in the number of the diseases of the respiratory system in relation to gender,there is a statistically significant relationship between respiratory system diseases and age, and in particular they occur mainly at ages 1-14. Finally, there is a statistically significant relationship between the numbers of incidents of respiratory diseases with air pollution. Conclusions: This work has shown that diseases of the respiratory system vary with age, while air pollution is an important predisposing factor.Moreover, from all respiratory diseases, pneumonia holds the first place in deaths of both men and women.