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Death Statistics for Types of Respiratory conditions

Deaths and Respiratory conditions:

This section presents information about the death rate statistics for the various types of Respiratory conditions.

Death Statistics for Types of Respiratory conditions

Disease

Death Rate Estimate

US deaths estimate

Statistic Used for Calculation

Respiratory conditions (overall) approx 1 in 1,164 or 0.09% or 233,659 people in USA 233,659 78.9 per 100 (NHIS96)
Common cold N/A N/A No information
Flu unavailable No information
Whooping cough unavailable No information
Bronchitis N/A N/A No information
COPD approx 1 in 20 or 4.96% or 13.5 million people in USA 13.5 million Americans (NHLBI) 13.5 million Americans (NHLBI)
Emphysema approx 1 in 136 or 0.74% or 2 million people in USA 2 million Americans (NHLBI); 17 per 1000 - NHIS95; 2 million annually 2 million Americans (NHLBI); 17 per 1000 - NHIS95; 2 million annually
Asthma approx 1 in 15 or 6.40% or 17.4 million people in USA 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) 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)
Lung conditions N/A N/A more than 30 million Americans with chronic lung diseases (NWHIC)
Respiratory infections N/A N/A No information
Adult respiratory distress syndrome unavailable No information
Allergies N/A N/A 50-60 million (NIAID); 9-16% (NIAID); 50 million cases annually (NIAID); 10% of American women (NHWIC); 8,526,000 children respiratory allergies (NHIS-97); 7,304,000 children non-respiratory allergies (NHIS-97)
Bronchiectasis unavailable No information
Bronchiolitis N/A N/A No information
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia unavailable No information
Chlamydia pneumoniae N/A N/A No information
Chronic Bronchitis approx 1 in 22 or 4.45% or 12.1 million people in USA 12.1 million Americans (NHLBI) 12.1 million Americans (NHLBI)
Chronic lower respiratory diseases approx 1 in 8 or 11.76% or 32 million people in USA estimated 32 million including 15 million undiagnosed estimated 32 million including 15 million undiagnosed
Croup N/A N/A No information
Drowning unavailable No information
Familial emphysema N/A N/A 70,000 Americans
High altitude pulmonary edema N/A N/A No information
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis N/A N/A No information
Interstitial lung disease N/A N/A No information
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis N/A N/A Several hundred people in the USA (NHLBI)
Mountain sickness N/A N/A No information
Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome approx 1 in 6,800 or 0.01% or 40,000 people in USA 40,000 infants and 150,000 adults with adult RDS (NHLBI) 40,000 infants and 150,000 adults with adult RDS (NHLBI)
Parainfluenza N/A N/A No information
Pleural effusion N/A N/A No information
Pleurisy N/A N/A No information
Pneumothorax N/A N/A No information
Primary pulmonary hypertension N/A N/A No information
Psittacosis N/A N/A No information
Pulmonary edema unavailable No information
Pulmonary embolism unavailable No information
Pulmonary hypertension N/A N/A No information
Q fever N/A N/A No information
Respiratory failure unavailable No information
Respiratory syncytial virus N/A N/A No information
Sarcoidosis approx 1 in 5,000 or 0.02% or 54,400 people in USA 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 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
SARS N/A N/A No information
Smoking approx 1 in 4 or 22.30% or 60.7 million people in USA 22.3% of Americans smoke (CDC); 23 million American women smoke (NHLBI) 22.3% of Americans smoke (CDC); 23 million American women smoke (NHLBI)
Stridor N/A N/A No information
Suffocation unavailable No information
Tuberculosis unavailable No information
Wheezing N/A N/A No information

Death Statistics for Respiratory conditions

Deaths and Respiratory conditions:

233,659 deaths (NHLBI 1999)

Deaths Rate:

approx 1 in 1,164 or 0.09% or 233,659 people in USA

Health News Related to Deaths and Respiratory conditions

Medical news summaries about deaths and Respiratory conditions:

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Types of Respiratory conditions

For more information about types of Respiratory conditions, refer to our section on types of Respiratory conditions. See also more information on death information for Respiratory conditions.


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