Reduce emergency department visits for COPD in adults — Data - Healthy People 2030

Status: Little or no detectable change

Most Recent Data:
79.6 emergency department visits for COPD per 10,000 adults (2020) *

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**-**2020** ^* ^◊
(emergency department visits for COPD per 10,000 adults)
Population	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
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

Data Sources: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), CDC/NCHS ; Population Estimates, Census

Emergency department visits for COPD by

#: Standard errors and confidence intervals are not available for this population group.

*: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

◊: Unless otherwise noted, data represent "per 10,000 population, 45+ years"

†: Target is not applicable for this demographic group.

DSU: Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

DNA: Data have not been analyzed.

DNC: Data for specific population not collected.

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