Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Includes: Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema
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Data are for the U.S.
Morbidity
- Number of adults with diagnosed chronic bronchitis in the past year: 8.9 million
- Percent of adults with diagnosed chronic bronchitis in the past year: 3.7%
- Number of adults who have ever been diagnosed with emphysema: 3.5 million
- Percent of adults who have ever been diagnosed with emphysema: 1.4%
Physician office visits
- Percent of visits to office-based physicians with COPD indicated on the medical record: 3.2%
Emergency department visits
- Number of visits to emergency departments with COPD: 7.3 million
Mortality
- Number of deaths from chronic lower respiratory diseases (including asthma): 135,268
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases (including asthma) deaths per 100,000 population: 47.8
- Cause of death rank: 4
- Number of bronchitis (chronic and unspecified) deaths: 429
- Bronchitis (chronic and unspecified) deaths per 100,000 population: 0.2
- Number of emphysema deaths: 6,080
- Emphysema deaths per 100,000 population: 2.2
- Number of deaths from other chronic lower respiratory diseases (excluding asthma): 126,717
- Other chronic lower respiratory diseases (excluding asthma) deaths per 100,000 population: 44.4
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2016, Supplemental Tables, table I-12, I-13 [PDF – 2 MB]
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- Page last updated: May 3, 2017
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