Prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in England from 2000 to 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is considerable variation in reported chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) prevalence internationally, partly due to differing definitions in use. Accurate estimates of disease prevalence are important for allocation of health-care resources, yet UK estimates of COPD prevalence have not been updated for a decade. We calculated yearly COPD prevalence in England between 2000 and 2019 using different definitions of COPD.

Methods

We used routinely collected primary care electronic healthcare record (EHR) data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) Aurum database linked with secondary care data from the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) Admitted Patient Care (APC) database. Mid-year point prevalence was calculated yearly from 2000 to 2019 in

SUBMITTER: Stone PW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10368107 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature