Chart 1
Deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as a percentage of all deaths, population aged 40 and older, 1950 to 2011

 Back to main article

Skip interactive chart, go to accessible chart description

Interactive - Selected Image CSV (2 KB)
% of all deaths 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 1950 1956 1962 1968 1974 1980 1986 1992 1998 2004 2010 Both sexesBoth sexes MenMen WomenWomen
Source(s):
Vital Statistics – Death Database (3233).

Chart description


This is a line chart.

Deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as a percentage of all deaths, population aged 40 and older, 1950 to 2011, % of all deaths
  Both sexes Men Women
1950 0.51 0.60 0.40
1951 0.52 0.63 0.38
1952 0.56 0.67 0.42
1953 0.59 0.74 0.40
1954 0.62 0.76 0.42
1955 0.60 0.76 0.37
1956 0.76 0.96 0.48
1957 0.84 1.10 0.47
1958 0.87 1.16 0.47
1959 0.98 1.31 0.51
1960 0.94 1.25 0.51
1961 0.95 1.28 0.49
1962 1.06 1.45 0.50
1963 1.25 1.72 0.59
1964 1.24 1.70 0.57
1965 1.39 1.93 0.64
1966 1.49 2.08 0.66
1967 1.56 2.20 0.65
1968 1.70 2.37 0.75
1969 1.81 2.58 0.74
1970 1.95 2.72 0.87
1971 2.03 2.85 0.89
1972 1.96 2.74 0.87
1973 2.20 3.11 0.94
1974 2.19 3.08 0.97
1975 2.28 3.20 1.03
1976 2.49 3.44 1.18
1977 2.43 3.27 1.28
1978 2.63 3.55 1.38
1979 2.52 3.43 1.31
1980 2.57 3.53 1.30
1981 2.70 3.68 1.41
1982 2.80 3.81 1.51
1983 2.97 3.98 1.68
1984 3.02 4.05 1.73
1985 3.29 4.33 2.00
1986 3.42 4.43 2.19
1987 3.42 4.43 2.19
1988 3.60 4.61 2.38
1989 3.69 4.55 2.65
1990 3.68 4.58 2.61
1991 3.85 4.77 2.76
1992 3.79 4.56 2.88
1993 4.02 4.83 3.09
1994 4.00 4.80 3.10
1995 4.05 4.72 3.31
1996 4.08 4.72 3.38
1997 4.21 4.86 3.52
1998 4.31 4.95 3.63
1999 4.33 4.87 3.76
2000 4.29 4.78 3.78
2001 4.25 4.71 3.76
2002 4.22 4.64 3.79
2003 4.29 4.63 3.94
2004 4.24 4.50 3.98
2005 4.38 4.67 4.07
2006 4.12 4.34 3.89
2007 4.37 4.58 4.15
2008 4.40 4.65 4.15
2009 4.37 4.47 4.27
2010 4.32 4.45 4.18
2011 4.44 4.47 4.41
Source(s):
Vital Statistics – Death Database (3233).
Date modified: