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

Data are for the U.S.

Morbidity

Number of adults with diagnosed chronic bronchitis in the past year: 9.0 million
Percent of adults with diagnosed chronic bronchitis in the past year: 3.6%
Number of adults who have ever been diagnosed with emphysema: 3.8 million
Percent of adults who have ever been diagnosed with emphysema: 1.5%

Physician office visits

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

Emergency department visits

Number of emergency department visits with emphysema and other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as the primary diagnosis: 923,000

Mortality

Number of deaths from chronic lower respiratory diseases (including asthma): 160,201
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (including asthma) deaths per 100,000 population: 49.2
Cause of death rank: 4
Number of bronchitis (chronic and unspecified) deaths: 502
Bronchitis (chronic and unspecified) deaths per 100,000 population: 0.2
Number of emphysema deaths: 7,085
Emphysema deaths per 100,000 population: 2.2
Number of deaths from other chronic lower respiratory diseases (excluding asthma): 149,050
Other chronic lower respiratory diseases (excluding asthma) deaths per 100,000 population: 45.8

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