For each type of pneumoconiosis, the global ASIR for asbestosis showed an increasing trend (EAPC = 0.57, 95% UI 0.52–0.62) from 1990 to 2017, whereas the ASIRs for silicosis (EAPC = -0.77, 95% UI − 0.85 to − 0.70), coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (EAPC = -0.88, 95% UI − 0.93 to − 0.83), and other pneumoconiosis (EAPC = -0.50,95% UI − 0.54 to − 0.46) showed decreasing trends.
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Trends in prevalence and incidence of chronic respiratory diseases from 1990 to 2017.
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From 1990 to 2017, the ASIR had a slightly increasing trend in high-SDI regions (EAPC = 0.21, 95% UI 0.12–0.30) and declined gradually in the four other SDI regions.
The ASPR decreased from 1990 to 2005 and subsequently increased from 2005 to 2017 in females, whereas showed a decreasing trend in males from 2005 to 2017.