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Number of Canadians diagnosed with COPD soars, but death rate and percentage of smokers both decrease in Canada
Toronto Globe and Mail
The number of adults living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has soared over the past decade, to the point where one in 10 adults over 35 now suffers from COPD, a new study shows.
At the same time, the research shows that the death rate from the debilitating lung disorder is falling and so too is the percentage of smokers and COPD in the population.
“It’s a good news, bad news story,” Andrea Gershon, a scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, said in an interview. “But the bottom line is that COPD is a terrible disease and we should be paying a lot more attention to it,” she said.
