Table 6.
—Estimated Annual Rate of Physician Office Visits for COPD as the First-Listed Diagnosis Among Adults Aged ≥ 25 Years, by Race, Sex, and Age Group—United States, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1999-2010
| Variable | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | P for Linear Trend |
| Racea,b | |||||||||||||
| White | 623.4 | 473.1 | 651.0 | 897.2 | 676.1 | 633.4 | 791.7 | 679.1 | 541.6 | 537.4 | 661.1 | 481.0 | .585 |
| Black | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| Sexa | |||||||||||||
| Women | 660.2 | 432.4 | 647.4 | 955.5 | 678.8 | 679.0 | 622.1 | 656.2 | 587.7 | 557.3 | 726.3 | 458.3 | .725 |
| Men | 572.0 | 519.5 | 583.3 | 714.6 | 701.4 | 547.5 | 789.3 | 688.6 | 515.6 | 410.5 | 525.4 | 554.4 | .233 |
| Age group, y | |||||||||||||
| 25-44 | 216.2 | 176.3 | 223.0 | 364.8 | 329.5 | 258.9 | 256.8 | 158.5 | 234.2 | 234.0 | 203.8 | … | .082 |
| 45-54 | 363.7 | … | … | 495.5 | 594.3 | 387.3 | … | 409.5 | 323.7 | 228.4 | 488.0 | … | .033 |
| 55-64 | 987.5 | … | … | 960.0 | 614.4 | 843.8 | 799.8 | 1,009.1 | 589.7 | 619.7 | 873.5 | 600.7 | .826 |
| 65-74 | 1,603.7 | 1,224.9 | 1,417.7 | 2,150.8 | 1,586.8 | 1,371.6 | 1,820.3 | 1,830.4 | 1,670.3 | 953.4 | 1,120.6 | 1,505.7 | .264 |
| ≥ 75 | 1,464.0 | 1,393.7 | 1,867.6 | 2,309.7 | 1,636.7 | 1,716.1 | 2,102.2 | 1,946.0 | 1,257.2 | 1,573.2 | 2,189.8 | 1,936.1 | .380 |
| Totala | 609.2 | 466.6 | 604.8 | 836.2 | 673.5 | 614.2 | 691.6 | 663.1 | 543.0 | 483.3 | 632.3 | 494.8 | .541 |
| Totalc | 596.4 | 456.2 | 594.5 | 824.5 | 668.0 | 614.2 | 689.9 | 674.1 | 545.8 | 490.1 | 654.6 | 516.1 | .848 |
Annual rate per 10,000 US civilian population. COPD includes ICD-9-CM codes 490-492 or 496. Ellipses indicate unreliable estimate (relative SE > 30% and/or number of records < 30). See Table 5 legend for expansion of abbreviation.
a
Age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population aged ≥ 25 y.
b
Data not available for other specific race groups.
c
Unadjusted rate.