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Incidence Statistics for Types of Respiratory conditions

The information below shows a list of types of Respiratory conditions, with information as to the annual incidence of each of these types of Respiratory conditions. Estimates of the people affected each year are calculated based on the available statistics.

Incidence Statistics for Types of Respiratory conditions

Disease	Incidence Estimate	US people estimate	Statistic Used for Calculation
Respiratory conditions (overall)	N/A	N/A	78.9 per 100 (NHIS96)
Common cold	approx 1 in 4 or 22.79% or 62 million people in USA	62,000,000	62 million cases (NIAID); 23.6 per 100 (NHIS96); estimated 1 billion colds in the USA annually; Children get 6-10 yearly, adults 2-4 yearly; over 60's less than 1 a year.
Flu	approx 1 in 3 or 36.00% or 97.9 million people in USA	97,920,000	36 per 100 (NHIS96); 35 million annually up to 50 million annually (NIAID/CDC); 10-20% yearly (NIAID)
Whooping cough	approx 1 in 36,731 or 0.00% or 7,405 people in USA	7,405	7,405 cases annually in USA (1998); under-diagnosis of cases in adults means the real prevalence may be much higher
Bronchitis	N/A	N/A	No information
COPD	N/A	N/A	No information
Emphysema	N/A	N/A	No information
Asthma	N/A	N/A	No information
Lung conditions	N/A	N/A	No information
Respiratory infections	N/A	N/A	No information
Adult respiratory distress syndrome	approx 1 in 1,813 or 0.06% or 150,000 people in USA	150,000	150,000 adults (NHLBI)
Allergies	N/A	N/A	No information
Bronchiectasis	N/A	N/A	No information
Bronchiolitis	N/A	N/A	No information
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia	approx 1 in 54,400 or 0.00% or 5,000 people in USA	5,000	5,000 to 10,000 new cases
Chlamydia pneumoniae	N/A	N/A	No information
Chronic Bronchitis	N/A	N/A	No information
Chronic lower respiratory diseases	N/A	N/A	No information
Croup	N/A	N/A	No information
Drowning	approx 1 in 100,000 or 0.00% or 2,720 people in USA	2,720	1 per 100,000 population drowns in Australia 2002 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
Familial emphysema	approx 1 in 3,000 or 0.03% or 90,666 people in USA	90,666	1 in 3,000 newborns
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	No information
Mountain sickness	N/A	N/A	No information
Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome	N/A	N/A	No information
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	approx 1 in 906,666 or 0.00% or 300 people in USA	299	300 new cases annually (NHLBI)
Psittacosis	approx 1 in 17,000,000 or 0.00% or 16 people in USA	16	16 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
Pulmonary edema	N/A	N/A	No information
Pulmonary embolism	approx 1 in 418 or 0.24% or 650,000 people in USA	650,000	approximately 650,000 cases annually in the USA
Pulmonary hypertension	N/A	N/A	No information
Q fever	approx 1 in 25,641 or 0.00% or 10,608 people in USA	10,608	3.9 new cases per 100,000 population of Q Fever were notified in Australia 2002 (Yohannes K, Roche P, Blumer C et al. 2004, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
Respiratory failure	N/A	N/A	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	54,399	20 per 100,000 in the city, less in the country.
SARS	N/A	N/A	No information
Smoking	N/A	N/A	No information
Stridor	N/A	N/A	No information
Suffocation	approx 1 in 3,285 or 0.03% or 82,790 people in USA	82,790	1,388 annual cases in Victoria 1996 of suffocation and foreign bodies (DHS-VIC)
Tuberculosis	approx 1 in 14,814 or 0.01% or 18,360 people in USA	18,360	18,361 cases annually in the USA (1998); 8 million people worldwide develop active TB and 3 million die; 17,531 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999); 5.50 per 100,000 in Canada 2000¹
Wheezing	N/A	N/A	No information

Types of Respiratory conditions

For more information about types of Respiratory conditions, refer to our section on types of Respiratory conditions.

About incidence:

The medical term 'incidence' of Respiratory conditions usually refers to the annual diagnosis rate of new cases of Respiratory conditions. Prevalence is a different medical disease measure that refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Respiratory conditions at any given time (e.g. prevalence includes people who have had a medical condition for a long time). For more information on prevalence and incidence statistics, see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

Footnotes:
1. Notifiable Diseases Online, PPHB, Canada, 2000

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