COPD is the 4th leading cause of death worldwide; its mortality is rising as cardiovascular disease?s is falling

[Emily]

http://pulmccm.org/main/2012/review...onary-disease-2012-update-copd-review-lancet/

[h=5]Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 2014 Review[/h] [h=5]Epidemiology of COPD[/h]

• Globally, ~10% of people older than 40 have airflow limitation of GOLD stage 2 or worse (FEV1 < 80% predicted); up to 25% may have GOLD stage 1 (FEV1 ≥ 80% predicted but FEV1/FVC < 0.7).
• Up to 60-85% of people with COPD (mostly mild/moderate severity) are undiagnosed.
• Besides tobacco smoking, biomass exposure (wood burning stoves), secondhand smoke, air pollution and work exposures to fumes and dusts cause COPD in susceptible people.
• COPD is the 4th leading cause of death worldwide; its mortality is rising, while cardiovascular disease?s is falling; COPD is expected to be the 3rd leading cause of death in the next 20 years...

 

[gsgs]

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs310/en/


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[Emily]

Thanks, gsgs. So it looks like per WHO COPD is already in the number 3 spot?

 

[gsgs]

it depends, what countries are included. For some of the populous countries like China,India,Indonesia we have no deaths-statistics,
just estimates.
You can search by country here:
http://apps.who.int/healthinfo/stati...ality/whodpms/

yearly, 1979-2012 , 138 countries , >100 diseases , ~5 agegroups , 2 sexes

they also make the charts for you, if the fields are supported


I have a file w3h2 from Nov.2014 ,
population,all_causes,chapter18,ischemic_heart_dis ease
138 countries
1979-2012
3 agegroups
2 sexes

I could add COPD, but it's tedious for me with their format, not easily computer-readable


OK, I included "chronic lower respiratory disease" (CLR), which should be mainly COPD,
male,female,35-54,55-74,75-99


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