Epidemiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Lisa Ruvuna; Akshay Sood

doi:10.1016/j.ccm.2020.05.002

Epidemiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Clin Chest Med. 2020 Sep;41(3):315-327. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2020.05.002.

Authors

Lisa Ruvuna¹, Akshay Sood²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 1 University of New Mexico, MSC 10 5550, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 1 University of New Mexico, MSC 10 5550, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA. Electronic address: asood@salud.unm.edu.

PMID: 32800187
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2020.05.002

Abstract

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects about 300 million people worldwide, resulting in approximately 64 million disability-adjusted life years. Household air pollution affects almost 3 billion people worldwide and is a major risk factor for COPD. An estimated 25% to 45% of patients with COPD worldwide have never smoked. Fourteen percent of the overall COPD burden is attributable to occupational exposures. Rural populations are at higher risk for COPD than urban residents. African American never-smokers have a disproportionately high prevalence and Hispanic people have a low prevalence of COPD.

Keywords: Air pollution; Global burden; Occupational COPD; Racial/ethnic disparities; Rural/urban disparities.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / epidemiology*
Risk Factors