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. 2014 Jun 6;9:597–611. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S61854

Table 1.

Estimated overall household COPD prevalence by country, and split by sex and age (years)

Country Estimated household COPD prevalence (%)
Overall Males Females Age 40–49 years Age 50–59 years Age 60–69 years Age ≥70 years
USA 6.7 6.2 7.1 3.9 6.4 6.7 8.9
Mexico 8.6 11.2 7.4 4.2 6.9 14.2 18.1
Brazil 11.8 13.5 10.7 8.7 11.6 13.1 17.8
France 7.5 8.3 7.0 3.8 5.9 8.2 11.2
Germany 8.5 10.1 7.6 5.8 8.2 10.5 13.0
Italy 7.0 8.7 5.5 4.7 5.7 7.5 9.2
Spain 6.5 8.4 5.0 3.5 5.1 6.6 8.7
UK 8.1 9.5 7.3 4.9 6.9 8.7 10.6
Netherlands 8.2 8.9 7.7 4.6 7.6 10.8 12.5
Russia 9.2 11.4 8.3 7.2 9.9 11.1 15.0
Japan 7.0 8.7 5.5 5.5 6.5 8.8 14.2
South Korea 8.2 11.1 5.9 4.6 7.2 9.5 15.6
Total 7.8 8.6 7.2 5.3 7.3 8.5 11.0

Note: Total prevalence was weighted by country size.

Abbreviation: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.