COPD Facts

COPD Does Not Sexually Discriminate

• Women who smoke are more susceptible to developing COPD than are men.
• Women may develop COPD at an earlier age and with less duration or intensity of smoking
• U.S. women had more COPD hospitalizations (404,000) than men (322,000) and also had more emergency department visits (898,000) than men (551,000) in 2000.
• 66% of Americans did not know that COPD kills more woman than men.
• More women than men die of COPD.