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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offer the following information on Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. COPD refers to a group of diseases that cause airflow blockage and breathing-related problems. It includes emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and in some cases asthma.

COPD is a leading cause of death, illness, and disability in the United States. In 2000, 11,900 deaths, 726,000 hospitalizations and 1.5 million hospital emergency department visits were caused by COPD. An additional 8 million cases of hospital outpatient treatment or treatment by personal physicians were linked to COPD in 2000.

COPD has various causes. In the United States, tobacco use is a key factor in the development and progression of CPPD, but asthma, exposure to air pollutants in the home and workplace, genetic factors, and respiratory infections also play a role. In the developing world, indoor air quality is thought to play a larger role in the development and progression of COPD than it does in the United States.

In the United States, an estimated 10 million adults had a diagnosis of COPD in 2000, but data from a national health survey suggest that as many as 24 million Americans are affected.

From 1980 to 2000, the COPD death rate for women grew much faster than the rate for men. For U.S. women, the rate rose form 20.1 deaths per 100,000 women to 56.7 deaths per 100,000 over that 20-year span, while for men, the rate grew from 73.0 deaths per 100,000 men to 82.6 deaths per 100,000 men.

U.S. women also had more COPD hospitalizations (400,000) than men (322,000) and more emergency department visits (898,000) than men (551,000) in 2000. Additionally, 2000 marked the first year in which more women (59,936) than men (59,118) died from COPD.

However, the proportion of the U.S. population aged 25-54, both male and female, with mild or moderate COPD has declined over the past quarter century, suggesting that increases in hospitalizations and deaths might not continue.

The fact that women’s COPD rates are rising so much faster than men’s probably reflects the increase in smoking by women, relative to men, since the 1940’s. In the United States, a history of currently or formerly smoking is the risk factor most often linked to COPD, and the increase in the number of women smoking in the past half-century is mirrored in the increase in COPD rates among women. The decreases in rates in both men and women aged 25-54 in the past quarter century reflect the decrease in overall smoking rates in the United States since the 1960’s.

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* Regarding COPD The centers for Disease control and Prevention is given some information.

* COPD, is a group of disease which includes, Emphysema, chronic bronchitis, asthma.

* It causes the breathing difficulty due to blockage of airway.

* It is one of the big problem in the United States.

* In the year of 2000, 11900 deaths, 7,26,000 hospitalization 1.5 million came to the emergency department, And 8 million peoples taken out patient treatment.

* COPD Causes like tobacco usage, exposures to pollutents, some of genetic factors, some respiratory infections, these are Main causes.

* 10 million adults diagnosed with copd in the United States in the year of 2000.

* but national health survey suggest that 24 millions of Americans are affected.

* from 1980- 2000 the COPD death rate is was increased women than men's like women 20.1 deaths per 100000 to 56.7 per 100000 increased, and men 73. Per 100000 to 82.6 per 100000.

* and hospitalizes women 4,00,000 than men 3,22,000.

* in the years 2000 59,936 women and 59118 men died.

* However the age between 25- 54 years both men and women declined copd from past quarter century.

* deaths are reduced.

* Due to increased risk factor of smoking, the United States women are having more smoking habits it leads to it is one of the big risk factors for copd.

* the decreasing of smoking rates leads to decreased copd rates came in the US since 1960,s.