Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Includes: Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema

• Percent of adults who have ever been diagnosed with COPD, emphysema, or chronic bronchitis: 4.6%

Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2019

• Number of physician office visits with emphysema and other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as the primary diagnosis: 5.7 million

Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2016 National Summary Tables, table 15 pdf icon[PDF – 793 KB]

• Number of emergency department visits with emphysema and other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as the primary diagnosis: 8.1 million

Source: 2018 NHAMCS Public Use File

Chronic lower respiratory diseases (including asthma) deaths

• Number of deaths: 156,979
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 47.8
• Cause of death rank: 4

Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2019) via CDC WONDER 

Bronchitis (chronic and unspecified) deaths

• Number of deaths: 448
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 0.1

Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2019) via CDC WONDER

Emphysema deaths

• Number deaths: 7,272
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 2.2

Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2019) via CDC WONDER

Other chronic lower respiratory diseases (excluding asthma) deaths

• Number of deaths: 145,735
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 44.4

Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2019) via CDC WONDER

• Ambulatory Health Care Data
• Mortality Statistics
• National Health Interview Survey
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: COPD
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: COPDexternal icon
• American Lung Association: COPDexternal icon
• American Thoracic Society: COPDexternal icon