Epidemiology and prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Enrique Diaz-Guzman; David M Mannino

doi:10.1016/j.ccm.2013.10.002

Epidemiology and prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Clin Chest Med. 2014 Mar;35(1):7-16. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2013.10.002.

Authors

Enrique Diaz-Guzman¹, David M Mannino²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 625 19th Street, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA.
² Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 625 19th Street, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA; Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, 111 Washington Avenue, Lexington, KY 40536, USA. Electronic address: dmannino@uky.edu.

PMID: 24507833
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2013.10.002

Abstract

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) represents one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 3 million people in the world die as a consequence of COPD every year. Tobacco use remains the main factor associated with development of disease in the industrialized world, but other risk factors are important and preventable causes of COPD, particularly in the developing world. The purpose of this review is to summarize the literature on the subject and to provide an update of the most recent advances in the field.

Keywords: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Trends.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Air Pollution / adverse effects
Humans
Occupational Exposure / adverse effects
Prevalence
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / epidemiology*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / etiology
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / genetics
Risk Factors
Smoking / adverse effects
United States / epidemiology