Table 9.
—Estimated Annual Number of Hospitalizations for COPD as the First-Listed Discharge Diagnosis Among Adults Aged ≥ 25 Years, by Race, Sex, and Age Group—United States, National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1999-2010
| Variable | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Racea | ||||||||||||
| White | 500,000 | 441,000 | 457,000 | 462,000 | 460,000 | 429,000 | 505,000 | 452,000 | 440,000 | 493,000 | 573,000 | 543,000 |
| Black | 59,000 | 47,000 | 54,000 | 53,000 | 49,000 | 45,000 | 50,000 | 55,000 | 52,000 | 59,000 | 62,000 | 80,000 |
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Women | 402,000 | 350,000 | 362,000 | 368,000 | 369,000 | 336,000 | 387,000 | 344,000 | 345,000 | 414,000 | 416,000 | 398,000 |
| Men | 300,000 | 297,000 | 288,000 | 293,000 | 304,000 | 291,000 | 324,000 | 312,000 | 294,000 | 296,000 | 312,000 | 301,000 |
| Age group, y | ||||||||||||
| 25-44 | 28,000 | 28,000 | 21,000 | 27,000 | 24,000 | 19,000 | 21,000 | 23,000 | 25,000 | 20,000 | 18,000 | 17,000 |
| 45-54 | 59,000 | 64,000 | 62,000 | 66,000 | 70,000 | 72,000 | 81,000 | 72,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 86,000 | 81,000 |
| 55-64 | 134,000 | 129,000 | 115,000 | 132,000 | 128,000 | 123,000 | 145,000 | 133,000 | 126,000 | 138,000 | 150,000 | 145,000 |
| 65-74 | 219,000 | 188,000 | 190,000 | 200,000 | 189,000 | 173,000 | 193,000 | 183,000 | 179,000 | 193,000 | 211,000 | 205,000 |
| ≥ 75 | 261,000 | 239,000 | 263,000 | 236,000 | 263,000 | 241,000 | 271,000 | 245,000 | 234,000 | 284,000 | 262,000 | 251,000 |
| Total | 702,000 | 647,000 | 650,000 | 662,000 | 673,000 | 628,000 | 711,000 | 657,000 | 639,000 | 710,000 | 728,000 | 699,000 |
Numbers for each variable may not add to total because of rounding. 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. Race was not imputed. Percent missing data for race are shown in e-Table 5 (647.6KB, pdf) .