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- An estimated 1.2 million people are living with diagnosed COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
- Research has indicated that up to two-thirds of people with COPD remain undiagnosed
- 115,000 people are diagnosed with COPD every year – the equivalent to a new diagnosis every 5 minutes
- COPD is the second highest lung disease to cause death in the UK behind lung cancer and infront of pneumonia
- The number of people who have ever had a diagnosis of COPD has increased by 27% in the last decade
- COPD is seen in more males that females
- People living with a COPD diagnosis are mostly over the age of 40
- In 2012, 29,776 people died for COPD
Using Music to Raise COPD Awareness