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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce emergency department visits for COPD in adults — RD‑06 Data

Status: Target met or exceeded

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Most Recent Data:
58.3 emergency department visits for COPD per 10,000 adults (2021) *

Target:
64.0 per 10,000 *

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
101.6 emergency department visits for COPD per 10,000 adults aged 45 years and over occurred in 2016 *

* Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Emergency department visits for COPD, 2016-2021 * ◊
(emergency department visits for COPD per 10,000 adults)
Decrease desired

Population 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total
101.6
CI 75.0 / 128.1
SE 13.550
94.5
CI 75.9 / 113.2
SE 9.535
82.3
CI 64.7 / 99.8
SE 8.959
94.9
CI 68.2 / 121.6
SE 13.617
79.6
CI 53.2 / 106.1
SE 13.481
58.3
CI 41.3 / 75.3
SE 8.656