New cases of COPD worldwide, 2021

16.90 million

new cases per year, worldwide

“In 2021, COPD accounted for 16.90 million new cases and 3.70 million deaths globally.”

BMC Medicine 2025, Mapping the Global distribution, risk factors, and temporal trends of COPD incidence and mortality (1990-2021): ecological analysis, 2025-04

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GBD 2021 modelled estimate. Age-standardised incidence rate 197.37 per 100,000 person-years.
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