Jump to full article: (Dundee) Evening Telegraph (uk), 2002-05-10
Author: Marjory Inglis, medical reporter
Intro: Shocking statistics relating to deaths from lung disease were revealed at a meeting in Murray Royal Hospital, Perth, today, writes Marjory Inglis, medical reporter.
A Dundee-based specialist nurse said that 31,000 people die in the UK every year from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an umbrella term for chronic lung disease.
Janet Winter, COPD facilitator, was speaking at a meeting of Tayside Primary Care, the organisation responsible for a number of hospitals and community health services in the region.
She was outlining a "gold standard" COPD management programme available in the city.
She highlighted "the huge burden of disease" and pointed out that if it was not brought under control far more people would become severely disabled with lung disease that was largely smoking-related.
Mrs Winter said that in the last ten years the death rate from COPD amongst women in Scotland had risen by 50%.
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