Asthma prevalence due to building dampness in Europe

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Scope

Europe in 2010, 2020, 2030, 2050.

Definition

Data

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Dependencies

• heande:Moisture damage
• Population of Europe
• Asthma incidence from the WHO: European hospital morbidity database (HMDB)
• ERF of indoor dampness on respiratory health effects

Unit

Unit in which the result is expressed.

Formula

• Asthma prevalence is estimated by summing in-patients and day-cases from the hospital morbidity database.
• Wheeze ERF used, as it approximately corresponds to the type of cases likely to be registered by the database.

<rcode>
dampness <- op_baseGetData("opasnet_base", "Erac2988") #Current version is bugged
pop <- op_baseGetData("opasnet_base", "Op_en4691", include = 1367, exclude = c(1435, 1436))
countries <- c("Austria", "Belgium", "Bulgaria", "Switzerland", "Cyprus", "Czech Republic", "Germany", "Denmark", "Estonia", "Spain", 
	"Finland", "France", "Greece", "Hungary", "Ireland", "Iceland", "Italy", "Lithuania", "Luxembourg", "Latvia", "Malta", "Netherlands", 
	"Norway", "Poland", "Portugal", "Romania", "Sweden", "Slowenia", "Slovakia", "United Kingdom")
levels(pop[,"CountryID"]) <- countries
colnames(pop)[4] <- "Country"
colnames(pop)[8] <- "Population"
asthma <- read.csv("C:/Documents and Settings/tris/My Documents/Asthma cases hmdb.csv", sep = ";") #File constructed from hmdb data
asthma <- data.frame(Country=asthma[1:26,1], Casesper1000=(asthma[1:26,2]+asthma[1:26,3]))
erf <- 1.50
poparray <- DataframeToArray(pop, "Population")
dampxpop <- IntArray(dampness, poparray, "Population")
asthmaarray <- DataframeToArray(asthma, "Casesper1000")
dampxpopxasthma <- IntArray(dampxpop, asthmaarray, "Casesper1000")
final <- data.frame(dampxpopxasthma[,c(2,3,4,6,7,8)], Result=(dampxpopxasthma[,"Result"] * dampxpopxasthma[,"Population"] * (erf - 1) * 
dampxpopxasthma[,"Casesper1000"] / 1000))
</rcode>

Result

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Keywords

Asthma, indoor air, dampness, Europe

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