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

• Number of adults with diagnosed chronic bronchitis in the past year: 8.6 million
• Percent of adults with diagnosed chronic bronchitis in the past year: 3.5%
• Number of adults who have ever been diagnosed with emphysema: 3.4 million
• Percent of adults who have ever been diagnosed with emphysema: 1.4%

Source: Summary Health Statistics Tables for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2017, tables A-2b, A-2c Cdc-pdf[PDF – 166 KB]

• Percent of visits to office-based physicians with COPD indicated on the medical record: 3.2%

Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2015 State and National Summary Tables, table 19 Cdc-pdf[PDF – 679 MB]

• Number of visits to emergency departments with COPD: 7.3 million

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2015 Emergency Department Summary Tables, table 13 Cdc-pdf[PDF – 676 KB]

• Number of deaths from chronic lower respiratory diseases (including asthma): 154,596
• 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: 518
• Bronchitis (chronic and unspecified) deaths per 100,000 population: 0.2
• Number of emphysema deaths: 6,977
• Emphysema deaths per 100,000 population: 2.2
• Number of deaths from other chronic lower respiratory diseases (excluding asthma): 143,583
• 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 Cdc-pdf[PDF – 2 MB]

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