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