Action for lung health in the UK
The UK has recently formed a national respiratory coalition to make lung health a priority in health policy. You can find out more about the coalition’s activities on the national project page.
in the UK in 2021
*the societal economic cost of respiratory disease is generated using DALYs and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, to give a cost of the healthy years of life lost to help guide decision-making around health interventions. Visit the methodology section to learn more about this calculation.
Data from the UK by disease
The charts below present data from GBD studies to provide a uniform evaluation of the state of lung health. To find out more about how this data is put together, visit the methodology page. All charts are freely available to download by clicking the three dots in the top right hand corner. Please reference Lung Facts when sharing.