Objective To measure the burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a rural area of Kunming. Methods Shilin County was selected as the study region. Disability adjusted life years (DALY) was used to measure the burden to COPD. Results The overall prevalence of COPD was 6.68% , and males had higher prevalence of COPD than females. Females accounted for higher YLL rate and DALY rate due to COPD than males, whereas males had higher YLD rate due to COPD than females. People aged 60 years and over were responsible for higher YLL rate, YLD rate and DALY rate due to COPD compared to other age group. Conclusion COPD does harm to males' quality of life whereas threatens females' death in the study region. The region should focus on further prevention and control of COPD.

Objective To understand the stomatological development and structure of stomatological nursing condition,to provide references for the stomatological nursing development.Methods A status survey on stomatological nursing human resources and professional development was carried out.834 stomatological nurses in 120 counties were involved,2700 questionnaires were sent out,2512 copies were recovered.Results 465 nurses were employed by the stomatological institutions.Staff with professional titles as nurse accounted for 58.5％,with college degrees accounted for 82.4％.60.0％ of the nurses did not get any professional training in dentistry,72.0％ of the medical agencies did not have any nurses.The stomatological development was directly affected by local economy condition.Conclusions The stomatological nursing development lagged far behind in Yunnan province.Medical institutions and administrative departments need pay more attention to stomatological nursing development.And medical workers should also transform their ideas.