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Jump to full article: UPI, 2002-08-02
Author: Steve Mitchell, UPI Medical Correspondent
Intro: About 14 million Americans may have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- a lung condition primarily due to smoking and the fourth leading cause of death in the United States -- and not even know it, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday.
About 14 million Americans may have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- a lung condition primarily due to smoking and the fourth leading cause of death in the United States -- and not even know it, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday.
Ten million adults were listed as diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD in 2000, the CDC said. Of those, about 1.5 million adults visited emergency rooms due to COPD-related conditions, 726, 000 were hospitalized and 119, 000 died.
In addition, data from a large government study -- the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III -- estimates 14 million adults suffer from the condition without diagnosis, bring the total for COPD to 24 million Americans.
The CDC is encouraging physicians to test lung function in current and former smokers and anybody with respiratory problems
Ten million adults were listed as diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD in 2000, the CDC said. Of those, about 1.5 million adults visited emergency rooms due to COPD-related conditions, 726, 000 were hospitalized and 119, 000 died.
In addition, data from a large government study -- the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III -- estimates 14 million adults suffer from the condition without diagnosis, bring the total for COPD to 24 million Americans.
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