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Lower respiratory tract infections place a considerable strain on the health budget and are generally more serious than upper respiratory infections.

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 ==Overview==
-Lower respiratory tract infections place a considerable strain on the health budget and are generally more serious than upper respiratory infections. Since 1993 there has been a slight reduction in the total number of deaths from lower respiratory tract infection. However in 2002 they were still the leading cause of deaths among all infectious diseases accounting for 3.9 million deaths worldwide and 6.9% of all deaths that year.
+Lower respiratory tract infections place a considerable strain on the health budget and are generally more serious than upper respiratory infections.
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