Prevalence and Incidence of Lung conditions

Prevalance of Lung conditions:

more than 30 million Americans with chronic lung diseases (NWHIC) ... see also overview of Lung conditions.

Prevalance Rate:

approx 1 in 9 or 11.03% or 30 million people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "more than 30 million Americans with chronic lung diseases (NWHIC)" -- see also general information about data sources]

Prevalance of types of Lung conditions:

For details see prevalence of types of Lung conditions analysis; summary of available prevalence data:

• Chronic Bronchitis: 12.1 million Americans (NHLBI)
• Emphysema: 2 million Americans (NHLBI); 17 per 1000 - NHIS95; 2 million annually
• COPD: 13.5 million Americans (NHLBI)
• Cystic fibrosis: 1 per 31,000 Asian American newborns suffer from cystic fibrosis in the US, genetics Home Reference website
• Asthma: 6.4% USA (NIAID); 17 million Americans (NIAID) including 5 million children; 8.1 million children (NHIS-97), 51 per 1000 - NHIS95; 14.5 million; 5% of population (NWHIC); 14.9 million in 1995 (NHLBI)
• Sarcoidosis: 20 per 100,000 overall; 5 in 100,000 white people; 40 out of 100,000 black people; Scandinavia 64 out of 100,000 people
• Familial emphysema: 70,000 Americans
• Lymphangioleiomyomatosis: Several hundred people in the USA (NHLBI)
• Respiratory conditions: 78.9 per 100 (NHIS96)
• Respiratory distress syndrome: 40,000 infants and 150,000 adults with adult RDS (NHLBI)
• Goodpasture syndrome: rare.
• Chronic lower respiratory diseases: estimated 32 million including 15 million undiagnosed
• Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome: 40,000 infants and 150,000 adults with adult RDS (NHLBI)
• Wegener's granulomatosis: uncommon
• Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency: 1 per 5,000 - 7,000 people suffer from alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency in North America, Genetics Home Reference website
• Thanatophoric dysplasia: 1 per 20,000 - 50,000 newborns are affected by Thanatophoric dysplasia, Genetics Home Reference website
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Incidence of types of Lung conditions:

For details see incidence of types of Lung conditions analysis; summary of available incidence by type data:

• Pneumonia: 4.8 million annual cases (1996); 1.8 per 100 (NHIS96)
• Lung cancer: 169,400 annual cases (SEER 2002 estimate: lung and bronchus cancers)
• Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: 5,000 to 10,000 new cases
• Cystic fibrosis: 2,500 babies annually USA; 1 in 3,000 Caucasian babies
• Sarcoidosis: 20 per 100,000 in the city, less in the country.
• Anthrax: 0 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
• Diphtheria: 1 annual case notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
• Drowning: 1 per 100,000 population drowns in Australia 2002 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• Familial emphysema: 1 in 3,000 newborns
• Pneumococcal pneumonia: 500,000 cases annually (NIAID)
• Primary pulmonary hypertension: 300 new cases annually (NHLBI)
• Respiratory diphtheria: Approximately 0.001 per 100,000 in USA (DBMD)
• Suffocation: 1,388 annual cases in Victoria 1996 of suffocation and foreign bodies (DHS-VIC)
• Tuberculosis: 18,361 cases annually in the USA (1998); 8 million people worldwide develop active TB and 3 million die; 17,531 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999); 5.50 per 100,000 in Canada 2000¹
• Flu: 36 per 100 (NHIS96); 35 million annually up to 50 million annually (NIAID/CDC); 10-20% yearly (NIAID)
• Pulmonary embolism: approximately 650,000 cases annually in the USA
• Pulmonary thromboembolism: approximately 650,000 cases annually in the USA
• Adult respiratory distress syndrome: 150,000 adults (NHLBI)
• Acute Bronchitis: 4.6 per 100 (NHIS96: acute bronchitis); 14.2 million cases annually
• Blastomycosis: 1-2 cases per 100,000 (DBMD)
• Mycoplasma pneumoniae: estimated 2 million cases annually (DBMD)
• Psittacosis: 16 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
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Prevalance of Lung conditions:

More than 30 million Americans are now living with chronic lung disease. (Source: excerpt from Lung Disease: NWHIC)

Prevelance statistics for Lung conditions:

The following statistics relate to the prevalence of Lung conditions:

• 71,900 home health care patients had chronic pulmonary disease as a primary diagnosis in the US 2000 (National Home and Hospice Care Survey, NCHS, CDC)
• 5.3% of home health care patients had chronic pulmonary disease as a primary diagnosis in the US 2000 (National Home and Hospice Care Survey, NCHS, CDC)
• 4,500 hospice care patients had chronic pulmonary disease as a primary diagnosis in the US 2000 (National Home and Hospice Care Survey, NCHS, CDC)
• 4.3% of hospice care patients had chronic pulmonary disease as a primary diagnosis in the US 2000 (National Home and Hospice Care Survey, NCHS, CDC)
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Death statistics for Lung conditions:

The following statistics relate to deaths and Lung conditions:

• 123,013 people died from chronic pulmonary disease each year in the US 2001 (Deaths: Final Data for 2001, NCHS, CDC)
• Chronic pulmonary disease is ranked the fourth leading cause of death in the US 2001 (Deaths: Final Data for 2001, NCHS, CDC)
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