Table S2.

Hospital admissions in the year 2007

Prevalence of COPD in current smokers is 16.6%
Age group 40–75 years	5.7% prevalence of COPD	Number of hospitalizations	Proportion of individuals having COPD and admitted to hospital (%)
518,783	29,570	2,391	8.1

Note: Sourced from Institute for Public Health of Slovenia, Ljublijana, In-patient Statistics Database University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Golnik, Slovenia, Estimation based on a survey focused on COPD Epidemiology within Pomurje Region, year 2006, sample size 2000, author Simona Slaček, General Hospital Murska Sobota.³