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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), also known as Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COLD), is an umbrella term used to describe any one of or a whole group of lung diseases.  The lung diseases include emphysema, chronic bronchitis, refractory asthma, and severe bronchiectasis.  Shortness of breath is the common symptom. 

• An individual dies every 4 minutes of COPD in the United States.
• COPD is currently the 4th leading cause of death, but will be the third leading cause of death by 2020.
• The NIH estimates that 12 million individuals have been diagnosed with COPD, and 12 million are symptomatic or developing COPD.
• An estimated 600 million people have COPD in the world.  

Two Important items on COPD Awareness See:
COPD in the News
Press Release