Basic Summary for Chronic lower respiratory diseases

Main name of condition: Chronic lower respiratory diseases

What is Chronic lower respiratory diseases?
  Brief description of Chronic lower respiratory diseases: General term for various chronic respiratory diseases including COPD, emphysema and chronic bronchitis
  Parent types of Chronic lower respiratory diseases: Respiratory conditions
  Organs Affected by Chronic lower respiratory diseases: lungs, respiratory
  Types of Chronic lower respiratory diseases: COPD, Emphysema, Chronic bronchitis, Cystic fibrosis

How many people get Chronic lower respiratory diseases?
  Prevalance of Chronic lower respiratory diseases: estimated 32 million including 15 million undiagnosed
  Prevalance Rate of Chronic lower respiratory diseases: approx 1 in 8 or 11.76% or 32 million people in USA [about data]
  Undiagnosed prevalence of Chronic lower respiratory diseases: estimated 15 million
  Undiagnosed prevalence rate of Chronic lower respiratory diseases: approx 1 in 18 or 5.51% or 15 million people in USA [about data]

How serious is Chronic lower respiratory diseases?
  Average life years lost for Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 11.3 years for chronic lung disease (SEER)¹; 13.0 in North Carolina²; 4.5 average YPLL/person for chronic lower respiratory disease in Michigan³.
  Deaths for Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 124,181 annual deaths; 5.2% of deaths (CDC/1999).
  Cause of death rank for Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 5th top cause of death in 1999 is "Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease" (CDC)

Society issues for Chronic lower respiratory diseases
Hospitalization statistics for Chronic lower respiratory diseases: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Chronic lower respiratory diseases:

1.8% (229,725) of hospital episodes were for chronic lower respiratory diseases in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
72% of hospital consultations for chronic lower respiratory diseases required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
49% of hospital episodes for chronic lower respiratory diseases were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
51% of hospital episodes for chronic lower respiratory diseases were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
92% of hospital admissions for chronic lower respiratory diseases required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
7.8 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for chronic lower respiratory diseases in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for chronic lower respiratory diseases in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
56 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for chronic lower respiratory diseases in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
24% of hospitalisations for chronic lower respiratory diseases occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
32% of hospitalisations for chronic lower respiratory diseases occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
2% of hospitalisations for chronic lower respiratory diseases were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
2.37% (1,242,574) of hospital bed days were for chronic lower respiratory diseases in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1.1% (140,541) of hospital consultant episodes were for other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
66% of hospital consultant episodes for other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
51% of hospital consultant episodes for other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
49% of hospital consultant episodes for other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
94% of hospital consultant episodes for other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
10.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
7 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
72 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
12% of hospital consultant episodes for other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
45% of hospital consultant episodes for other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1% of hospital consultant episodes for other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1.8% (944,835) of hospital bed days were for other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

Footnotes:
1. SEER Cancer Statistics Review 1975-2000, National Cancer Institute (NCI)
2. Years of Potential Life Lost in North Carolina, NCMJ March/April 2002, Volume 63, Number 2
3. Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, MDCH, Michigan, USA

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