Prevalence of Respiratory Symptoms, Bronchial Hyperreactivity, and Asthma in a Megacity: Results of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey in Mumbai(Bombay)

摘要

To estimate adult asthma prevalence in the world's most rapidly growing mega-city, we applied epi- demiologic surveillance tools, as a cooperating center of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey, to a randomly selected sample of Mumbai(Bombay) residents in 1992 through 1995. From a Metropolitan population of over 10 million, we took a one-in-ten random sample from electoral rolls In a socially diverse residential district, and examined asthma symptoms in adults age 20 to 44 yr. In Phase 1, we interviewed 2,313 adults about symptoms, asthma diagnosis, and medications in the pre- Vious 12 mo.