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Deaths from Respiratory conditions

Deaths from Respiratory conditions: 233,659 deaths (NHLBI 1999)

Deaths from types of Respiratory conditions: for details see deaths from types of Respiratory conditions analysis; summary of available deaths by type data:

Flu: 63,730 annual deaths for influenza and pneumonia (NVSR Sep 2001); estimated 20,000 deaths from flu (NIAID)
Whooping cough: 17 people died annually from whooping cough in the US 2001 (Deaths: Final Data for 2001, NCHS, 2001)
COPD: 124,181 annual deaths; 5.2% of deaths (CDC/1999).
Emphysema: 17,787 deaths reported in USA 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001)
Asthma: 5,637 deaths in 1995 (NHLBI); 4,657 deaths reported in USA 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001); approximately 5,000 deaths annually (NIAID)
Adult respiratory distress syndrome: 2,125 deaths (NHLBI 1999)
Bronchiectasis: 970 deaths (NHLBI 1999)
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: 335 deaths (NHLBI 1999)
Chronic Bronchitis: 1,172 deaths (NHLBI 1999)
Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 124,181 annual deaths; 5.2% of deaths (CDC/1999).
Drowning: 3,529 deaths reported in USA 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001); 1.8 per 100,000 in Canada 1997¹
Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome: 1,024 deaths (NHLBI 1999)
Pulmonary edema: 746 deaths (NHLBI 1999)
Pulmonary embolism: 9,000 deaths (NHLBI 1999)
Respiratory failure: 3,597 deaths (NHLBI 1999)
Sarcoidosis: 572 deaths (NHLBI 1999)
Smoking: 440,000 annual deaths each year are smoking-associated (CDC)
Suffocation: 10,376 annual cases in USA 1995 (IOM); 6.1 per 100,000 in Canada 1997¹
Tuberculosis: 930 reported deaths in USA 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001)

Death rate extrapolations for USA for Respiratory conditions: 233,659 per year, 19,471 per month, 4,493 per week, 640 per day, 26 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this automatic extrapolation calculation uses the deaths statistic: 233,659 deaths (NHLBI 1999)

Death statistics for Respiratory conditions: The following are statistics from various sources about deaths and Respiratory conditions:

77 male deaths per 100,000 population for respiratory diseases in Australia 1994 (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2004)
37 female deaths per 100,000 population for respiratory diseases in Australia 1994 (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2004)
Respiratory disease was an underlying cause in 8.9% of female deaths from stroke in Australia 1997-2002 (AIHW National Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
Respiratory disease was an underlying cause in 5.3% of male deaths from stroke in Australia 1997-2002 (AIHW National Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
Respiratory diseases caused 77 male deaths per 100,000 population in Australia 2002 (AIHW Mortality Database, Australia’s Health 2004)
Respiratory diseases caused 45 female deaths per 100,000 population in Australia 2002 (AIHW Mortality Database, Australia’s Health 2004)
Respiratory infection death statistics by worldwide region:
- About 1,118,000 deaths from respiratory infections in Africa 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
- About 226,000 deaths from respiratory infections in The Americas 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
- About 1,474,000 deaths from respiratory infections in South East Asia 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
- About 288,000 deaths from respiratory infections in Europe 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
- About 354,000 deaths from respiratory infections in Eastern Mediterranean 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
- About 498,000 deaths from respiratory infections in Western Pacific 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)