Meanings of respiratory tract diseases in English

Among women this was mainly due to lung cancer and chronic lower respiratory tract diseases.

Chronic lower respiratory tract diseases contributed more to the disparities in inequalities among women than among men.

Among men, absolute inequalities mainly increased as a result of cardiovascular diseases, lung cancer, and chronic lower respiratory tract diseases.

The morbidity and mortality related to respiratory tract diseases is enormous, with hundreds of millions of individuals afflicted and four million people dying each year.