Table 1.

Projected total population aged ≥ 45 years and number of subjects with COPD in France, overall and by spirometric GOLD grade, from 2005 to 2015, according to the reference analysis

Year	Number of cases	Prevalence rates/1000
		All	GOLD Grade 1	GOLD Grade 2	GOLD Grade 3–4
2005	2,253,924	84.51	49.36	31.61	3.54
2010	2,499,336	89.53	31.17	44.42	13.94
2015	2,645,236	92.07	28.57	45.71	17.79
2020	2,746,957	93.96	28.34	46.60	19.03
2025	2,801,650	95.76	28.60	47.53	19.64