Table 7.
—Estimated Annual Numbers of ED Visits for COPD as the First-Listed Diagnosis Among Adults Aged ≥ 25 Years, by Race, Sex, and Age Group—United States, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1999-2010
| Variable | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Racea | ||||||||||||
| White | 1,205,000 | 1,278,000 | 1,039,000 | 1,046,000 | 1,230,000 | 957,000 | 1,112,000 | 973,000 | 1,067,000 | 1,295,000 | 1,452,000 | 1,179,000 |
| Black | 285,000 | 243,000 | 226,000 | 229,000 | 273,000 | 172,000 | 342,000 | 327,000 | 207,000 | 265,000 | 272,000 | 253,000 |
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Women | 802,000 | 898,000 | 717,000 | 769,000 | 907,000 | 619,000 | 841,000 | 729,000 | 842,000 | 861,000 | 1,029,000 | 945,000 |
| Men | 730,000 | 651,000 | 582,000 | 523,000 | 648,000 | 528,000 | 647,000 | 587,000 | 455,000 | 726,000 | 734,000 | 523,000 |
| Age group, y | ||||||||||||
| 25-44 | 448,000 | 481,000 | 488,000 | 418,000 | 372,000 | 356,000 | 492,000 | 314,000 | 397,000 | 358,000 | 446,000 | 388,000 |
| 45-54 | 270,000 | 194,000 | 193,000 | 183,000 | 294,000 | 151,000 | 215,000 | 293,000 | 255,000 | 277,000 | 297,000 | 284,000 |
| 55-64 | 269,000 | 315,000 | 197,000 | 226,000 | 256,000 | 184,000 | 268,000 | 254,000 | 212,000 | 321,000 | 293,000 | 290,000 |
| 65-74 | 233,000 | 267,000 | 207,000 | 219,000 | 317,000 | 253,000 | 201,000 | 251,000 | 234,000 | 321,000 | 388,000 | 286,000 |
| ≥ 75 | 312,000 | 292,000 | 212,000 | 246,000 | 315,000 | 202,000 | 311,000 | 204,000 | 198,000 | 311,000 | 340,000 | 221,000 |
| Total | 1,532,000 | 1,549,000 | 1,299,000 | 1,292,000 | 1,555,000 | 1,147,000 | 1,488,000 | 1,316,000 | 1,297,000 | 1,588,000 | 1,763,000 | 1,468,000 |
Annual rate per 10,000 US civilian population. COPD includes ICD-9-CM codes 490-492 or 496. See Table 5 legend for expansion of abbreviation.
a
Data not available for other specific race groups.