Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A duniya, kamar na 2010, COPD ya shafi kimanin mutane miliyan 329 (kashi 4.8% na yawan jama'a). Wannan cuta tana shafan maza da mata daidai gwargwado, tun da yake mata a ƙasashe masu tasowa suna yawan shan taba. An yi imanin cewa karuwar a cikin kasashe masu tasowa tsakanin 1970 da 2000s yana da alaƙa da ƙaruwar yawan shan sigari a wannan yankin, yawan jama'a da kuma tsufa na yawan jama'a saboda ƙarancin mutuwar wasu dalilai kamar cututtukan cututtuka. Wasu ƙasashe masu ci gaba sun ga ƙaruwa, wasu sun kasance a tsaye kuma wasu sun ga raguwar cutar COPD. Ana sa ran adadin zai ci gaba da ƙaruwa a duniya yayin da abubuwan haɗari ke ci gaba da kasancewa na yau da kullun kuma yawan jama'a ke ci gaba da tsufa. Tsakanin 1990 da 2010 yawan mutuwar COPD ya ragu kaɗan daga miliyan 3.1 zuwa miliyan 2.9 kuma ya zama na huɗu mafi girma na mutuwa. A shekara ta 2012 ya zama na uku da ke haddasa mutuwar mutane da yawa, wanda ya kai miliyan uku da dubu ɗari. A wasu ƙasashe, mutuwar maza ta ragu amma ta ƙaru a cikin mata. Wannan na iya yiwuwa ne saboda yawan shan sigari a cikin mata da maza ya zama mafi kama. COPD ya fi yawa a cikin tsofaffi; yana shafar 34<unk>200 daga cikin mutane 1000 da suka fi shekaru 65 da haihuwa, dangane da yawan mutanen da aka bincika.A Ingila, kimanin mutane miliyan 0.84 (na miliyan 50) suna da cutar COPD; wannan yana nufin kusan mutum ɗaya cikin 59 yana karɓar cutar COPD a wani lokaci a rayuwarsu. A cikin yankunan da suka fi talauci a fannin tattalin arziki, mutum ɗaya cikin mutane 32 ne aka gano yana da cutar COPD, idan aka kwatanta da mutum ɗaya cikin mutane 98 a yankunan da suka fi arziki. A Amurka kimanin kashi 6.3% na yawan manya, jimillar kimanin mutane miliyan 15, an gano su da cutar COPD. Mutane miliyan 25 na iya samun COPD idan an haɗa da shari'o'in da ba a gano su ba a halin yanzu. A cikin 2011, akwai kimanin 730,000 da aka kwantar da su a asibiti a Amurka don COPD. A cikin Amurka, an kiyasta COPD ya zama na uku mafi girma na mutuwa a shekara ta 2011.  Tambaya: Mutane nawa ne a Amurka suke da cutar COPD?
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