Data and Statistics

Work-Related Lung Disease (WoRLD) Surveillance System

This CDC national surveillance system is maintained by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and includes up-to-date summary tables, graphs, and figures of occupationally-related respiratory disease surveillance data on the pneumoconioses, occupational asthma and other airways diseases, and several other respiratory conditions including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Information is available at http://www2a.cdc.gov/drds/WorldReportData/.

 

COPD death rates in the United States

Age-standardized death rates (per 100,000) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), United States, 1999–2006

Although death rates for COPD have declined among U.S. men between 1999 (57.0 per 100,000) and 2006 (46.4 per 100,000) in the United States, there has been no significant change among death rates in women (35.3 per 100,000 in 1999 and 34.2 per 100,000 in 2006). 

Source: CDC, National Vital Statistics System data obtained from http://wonder.cdc.gov. COPD as the underlying cause of death was defined by ICD-10 codes J40-J44. Death rates (per 100,000 U.S. population) were age-standardized to the 2000 U.S. Standard.

 

COPD Prevalence in the United States

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Age-standardized death rates for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), by state, aggregated over 1999–2006. State rates are grouped into quartiles. Data were obtained from the National Vital Statistics System at http://wonder.cdc.gov. COPD as the underlying cause of death was defined by ICD-10 codes J40-J44. Death rates are reported per 100,000 population and were age-standardized to the 2000 U.S. standard population.