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What is Chronic lower respiratory diseases?

What is Chronic lower respiratory diseases?

Chronic lower respiratory diseases: Introduction

Types of Chronic lower respiratory diseases:

Types of Chronic lower respiratory diseases:

Broader types of Chronic lower respiratory diseases:

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)

What causes Chronic lower respiratory diseases?

Causes of Chronic lower respiratory diseases: see causes of Chronic lower respiratory diseases

Chronic lower respiratory diseases: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Chronic lower respiratory diseases.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Chronic lower respiratory diseases.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Chronic lower respiratory diseases: see treatments for Chronic lower respiratory diseases
Research for Chronic lower respiratory diseases: see research for Chronic lower respiratory diseases

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)
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Organs Affected by Chronic lower respiratory diseases:

Organs and body systems related to Chronic lower respiratory diseases include:

Name of Chronic lower respiratory diseases

Main name of condition: Chronic lower respiratory diseases

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Chronic lower respiratory diseases:



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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