Table 16.
—Annual Rates for Deaths With COPD as the Underlying Cause Of Death Among Adults Aged ≥ 25 Years, by Race, Sex, and Age Group—United States, Mortality Component of the National Vital Statistics System, 1999-2010
| Variable | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | P for Linear Trend |
| Race/ethnicitya | |||||||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 72.0 | 70.5 | 70.4 | 70.5 | 70.7 | 67.7 | 71.5 | 67.2 | 68.1 | 74.1 | 71.0 | 70.2 | .870 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 45.9 | 43.0 | 42.6 | 43.6 | 42.5 | 39.8 | 43.8 | 40.3 | 40.8 | 44.6 | 41.7 | 41.8 | .240 |
| Hispanic | 32.9 | 29.7 | 29.7 | 30.8 | 30.5 | 28.2 | 30.4 | 27.4 | 28.1 | 29.8 | 28.8 | 28.5 | .038 |
| AIAN | 54.2 | 53.0 | 51.6 | 54.1 | 57.3 | 55.0 | 54.7 | 53.2 | 60.8 | 59.3 | 56.1 | 62.9 | .008 |
| API | 25.7 | 24.8 | 24.2 | 22.2 | 22.7 | 21.2 | 22.1 | 21.0 | 19.8 | 21.0 | 19.7 | 19.0 | < .001 |
| Sexd | |||||||||||||
| Women | 54.6 | 54.4 | 54.9 | 55.0 | 55.9 | 53.3 | 56.8 | 53.6 | 54.0 | 59.1 | 56.8 | 56.3 | .127 |
| Men | 88.2 | 83.8 | 81.8 | 81.7 | 79.9 | 75.7 | 78.8 | 73.0 | 73.7 | 79.2 | 74.8 | 73.6 | .001 |
| Age group, y | |||||||||||||
| 25-44 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | … |
| 45-54 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 8.6 | < .001 |
| 55-64 | 44.8 | 41.7 | 42.0 | 40.0 | 40.9 | 38.2 | 39.7 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 39.6 | 38.5 | 37.5 | .002 |
| 65-74 | 172.1 | 164.5 | 162.9 | 157.9 | 158.1 | 148.6 | 155.2 | 143.9 | 142.6 | 153.1 | 144.9 | 143.9 | < .001 |
| ≥ 75 | 446.6 | 439.7 | 437.5 | 445.6 | 444.2 | 426.2 | 453.7 | 426.6 | 435.8 | 477.7 | 456.4 | 454.5 | .212 |
| Totala | 67.0 | 65.2 | 64.9 | 65.0 | 64.9 | 61.8 | 65.3 | 61.1 | 61.7 | 66.9 | 63.8 | 63.1 | .163 |
| Totalb | 65.7 | 64.0 | 63.9 | 64.2 | 64.5 | 61.6 | 65.4 | 61.5 | 62.6 | 68.4 | 65.8 | 65.5 | .515 |
Annual rate per 100,000 US population. COPD includes ICD-10 codes J40–J44 from the WHO. Death rates for 2001-2009 will differ from previous reports because 2001-2009 population denominators have been revised In CDC Wonder (Oct 2012). See Table 15 legend for expansion of abbreviations.
a
Age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population aged ≥ 25 y.
b
Unadjusted rate.