Trends in COPD mortality from 1983 to 2018: protocol for a population-based cohort study in Denmark.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, which is partly contributed to the increasing prevalence of COPD owning to a demographic shift towards an older population. Conversely, recent studies on COPD mortality that take this demographic shift in age into account find decreasing overall age-standardised COPD mortality rates over time. This decrease in the age-standardised COPD mortality rate is contributed advances in COPD diagnostics and treatment, decreasing smoking prevalence and general advances in medical care particularly in western countries. However, it is unknown if patients with COPD have experienced a comparable relative increase in survival in line with the general population.Hence, there is a need for lon

SUBMITTER: Sikjær MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10773326 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature