The burden of asthma in children aged 0-14 years in Asia: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

INTRODUCTION: Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children and imposes a huge burden on the health system of countries. The aim of the present study is to investigate the burden of asthma disease in children in Asia during 1990-2019.
METHODS: All data sources from the Global Burden of Disease study (2019) were used to estimate the breast cancer prevalence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years and asthma in children aged 0-14 years in Asia from 1990 to 2019. We estimated all-cause and cause-specific mortality, years of life lost (YLLs), years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and attributable risks.
RESULTS: There is a positive and significant correlation between human development index (HDI) and disease incidence in both sexes (r = 0.417, P<0.05), and this correlation is positive and significant in both females (r = 0.401, P <0.05) and males (r = 0.420, P <0.05). There is also a significant negative correlation between HDI and disease mortality in both sexes (r = -0.475, P <0.05) and this negative correlation is significant in females (r = -0.459, P <0.05) and males (r = - 0.483, P <0.05). The study of YLDs showed that there is a significant negative correlation HDI and YLL in both sexes (r = -0.474, P<0.05), and in women (r= -0.456) and men (r=-0.483, P<0.05).
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Given that YLL is higher in countries with low HDI, greater attention must be paid to reduce incidence and premature death attributable to the asthma in these countries.