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Death Statistics for Types of COPD

Deaths and COPD:

This section presents information about the death rate statistics for the various types of COPD.

Disease	Death Rate Estimate	US deaths estimate	Statistic Used for Calculation
COPD (overall)	approx 1 in 2,190 or 0.05% or 124,181 people in USA	124,181	13.5 million Americans (NHLBI)
Chronic bronchitis	approx 1 in 22 or 4.45% or 12.1 million people in USA	12.1 million Americans (NHLBI)	12.1 million Americans (NHLBI)
Pulmonary emphysema	approx 1 in 136 or 0.74% or 2 million people in USA	2 million Americans (NHLBI); 17 per 1000 - NHIS95; 2 million annually	2 million Americans (NHLBI); 17 per 1000 - NHIS95; 2 million annually

124,181 annual deaths; 5.2% of deaths (CDC/1999).

approx 1 in 2,190 or 0.05% or 124,181 people in USA

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