Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Includes: Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema
(Data are for the U.S.)
Morbidity
- Number of noninstitutionalized adults with diagnosed chronic bronchitis in the past year: 7.6 million
- Percent of noninstitutionalized adults with diagnosed chronic bronchitis in the past year: 3.4%
- Number of noninstitutionalized adults who have ever been diagnosed with emphysema: 3.7 million
- Percent of noninstitutionalized adults who have ever been diagnosed with emphysema: 1.7%
Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2007, Tables 3, 4
Mortality
- Number of bronchitis (chronic and unspecified) deaths: 866
- Bronchitis (chronic and unspecified) deaths per 100,000 population: 0.3
- Number of emphysema deaths: 14,002
- Emphysema deaths per 100,000 population: 4.7
- Number of deaths from other chronic lower respiratory diseases (excluding asthma): 112,181
- Other chronic lower respiratory diseases (excluding asthma) deaths per 100,000 population: 37.8
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2005, Tables 10, 11
More Data
- Death rates for chronic lower respiratory diseases (CLRD, includes chronic bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, and other chronic lower respiratory diseases) by sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age, 1980-2005 Health, United States, 2008, Table 40
- Health Data Interactive
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Surveillance --- United States, 1971--2000, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Surveillance Summary
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