Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Adults Age 18 and Older: United States, 2023

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• Personal Author:
  Weeks, Julie D. ; Elgaddal, Nazik
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of diseases of the ; lung for which there is no cure and that worsens over time (1). In 2023, COPD ; was the fifth leading cause of death in the United States, resulting in 141,733 ; deaths. COPD incurs annual medical costs of $24 billion among adults age 45 ; and older (2,3). The most common COPD types are emphysema and chronic ; bronchitis (1,3). This report uses 2023 National Health Interview Survey ; (NHIS) data to present age-adjusted estimates of COPD in adults age 18 and ; older by selected sociodemographic and health characteristics.
• Subjects:
  • Adult
  • Disease Management
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnosis*
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / epidemiology
• Source:
  National Health Interview Survey
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Pages in Document:
  9 pdf pages
• Issue:
  529
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174596/cdc_174596_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 383.85 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
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