Prevalence Statistics for Types of Lung conditions
Prevalence Statistics for Types of Lung conditions
The information below shows a list of types of Lung conditions,
with information as to the prevalence of each of these types.
Estimates of the people affected are calculated based on the available statistic.
| Disease | Prevalence Estimate | US people estimate | Statistic Used for Calculation |
| Lung conditions (overall) |
approx 1 in 9 or 11.03% or 30 million people in USA |
29,999,998 |
more than 30 million Americans with chronic lung diseases (NWHIC)
|
| Pneumonia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Lung cancer |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Bronchopulmonary dysplasia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Bronchitis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Chronic Bronchitis |
approx 1 in 22 or 4.45% or 12.1 million people in USA |
12,099,999 |
12.1 million Americans (NHLBI)
|
| Emphysema |
approx 1 in 136 or 0.74% or 2 million people in USA |
1,999,999 |
2 million Americans (NHLBI); 17 per 1000 - NHIS95; 2 million annually
|
| COPD |
approx 1 in 20 or 4.96% or 13.5 million people in USA |
13,500,000 |
13.5 million Americans (NHLBI)
|
| Cystic fibrosis |
approx 1 in 31,000 or 0.00% or 8,774 people in USA |
8,774 |
1 per 31,000 Asian American newborns suffer from cystic fibrosis in the US, genetics Home Reference website
|
| bronchiectasis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Asthma |
approx 1 in 15 or 6.40% or 17.4 million people in USA |
17,408,000 |
6.4% USA (NIAID); 17 million Americans (NIAID) including 5 million children; 8.1 million children (NHIS-97), 51 per 1000 - NHIS95; 14.5 million; 5% of population (NWHIC); 14.9 million in 1995 (NHLBI)
|
| bronchiolitis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| bronchiolitis obliterans |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Interstitial lung diseases |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Sarcoidosis |
approx 1 in 5,000 or 0.02% or 54,400 people in USA |
54,399 |
20 per 100,000 overall; 5 in 100,000 white people; 40 out of 100,000 black people; Scandinavia 64 out of 100,000 people
|
| pulmonary fibrosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Bronchial disorders |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Anthrax |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Chlamydia pneumoniae |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Diphtheria |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Drowning |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Familial emphysema |
approx 1 in 3,885 or 0.03% or 70,000 people in USA |
90,666 |
70,000 Americans
|
| High altitude pulmonary edema |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Lung abscess |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Lymphangioleiomyomatosis |
N/A |
N/A |
Several hundred people in the USA (NHLBI)
|
| Mesothelioma |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Mountain sickness |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Pleural effusion |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Pleurisy |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Pneumococcal pneumonia |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Pneumonitis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Primary pulmonary hypertension |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Pulmonary Anthrax |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Respiratory conditions |
approx 1 in 1 or 78.90% or 214.6 million people in USA |
214,608,004 |
78.9 per 100 (NHIS96)
|
| Respiratory diphtheria |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Respiratory infections |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Respiratory syncytial virus |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Silicosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Stridor |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Suffocation |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Tuberculosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Wheezing |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Flu |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Parainfluenza |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Respiratory failure |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Pulmonary hypertension |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Pulmonary edema |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Pulmonary embolism |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Pulmonary thromboembolism |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Adult respiratory distress syndrome |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Respiratory distress syndrome |
approx 1 in 6,800 or 0.01% or 40,000 people in USA |
40,000 |
40,000 infants and 150,000 adults with adult RDS (NHLBI)
|
| Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| pneumothorax |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| collapsed lung |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| pneumoconiosis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Acute Bronchitis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Goodpasture syndrome |
N/A |
N/A |
rare.
|
Prevalence Statistics for Lung conditions
Prevalance of Lung conditions:
more than 30 million Americans with chronic lung diseases (NWHIC)
Prevalance Rate:
approx 1 in 9 or 11.03% or 30 million people in USA [
about data]
Prevalance of Lung conditions:
More than 30 million Americans are now living with chronic
lung disease. (Source: excerpt from
Lung Disease: NWHIC)
Prevelance statistics about Lung conditions:
The following statistics relate to the prevalence of Lung conditions:
- 71,900 home health care patients had chronic pulmonary disease as a primary diagnosis in the US 2000 (National Home and Hospice Care Survey, NCHS, CDC)
- 5.3% of home health care patients had chronic pulmonary disease as a primary diagnosis in the US 2000 (National Home and Hospice Care Survey, NCHS, CDC)
- 4,500 hospice care patients had chronic pulmonary disease as a primary diagnosis in the US 2000 (National Home and Hospice Care Survey, NCHS, CDC)
- 4.3% of hospice care patients had chronic pulmonary disease as a primary diagnosis in the US 2000 (National Home and Hospice Care Survey, NCHS, CDC)
Types of Lung conditions
For more information about types of Lung conditions,
refer to our section on types of Lung conditions.
About prevalence:
The medical term 'prevalence' of Lung conditions usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Lung conditions at any given time,
whereas the annual diagnosis rate of new cases of Lung conditions is called the 'incidence'.
For more information on prevalence and incidence statistics, see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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