Objective To investigate the respiratory diseases and symptoms and their associated factors among the community residents in Yichang City.

Methods During September to November 2015, using the cross-sectional survey, 2 000 community residents of Yichang city were cluster random surveyed by questionnaire. The data of individual basic information, health status and living environment were collected. 1 991 people were included in the statistical analysis finally. Chi-square test was used for univariate analysis and logistic regression model was used for multivariate analysis.

Results The prevalence and incidence rates of respiratory diseases and symptoms in two weeks among the residents of Yichang were 2.96%(59/1 991) and 12.3%(244/1 991), respectively. Weekly drinking, allergy history and family history of respiratory diseases were the risk factors of respiratory diseases, OR(95% CI) were 1.96(1.01, 3.77)、4.07(1.98, 8.37) and 5.47(2.47, 12.1), respectively; occupational hazards such as exposure to dust and toxic chemicals, passive smoking, allergy history and the distance from living house to main road less than 50 meters were the risk factors of respiratory symptoms, OR(95% CI) were 1.79(1.18, 2.72), 1.67(1.27, 2.20), 2.59(1.58, 4.26) and 2.06(1.54, 2.75), respectively.

Conclusions The increases of the prevalence of respiratory diseases were associated with weekly drinking, allergy history and family history of respiratory diseases; the increases of the incidence of respiratory symptoms were associated with occupational hazards such as exposure to dust and toxic chemicals, passive smoking, allergy history and the distance from living house to main road less than 50 meters.