Table 1 Number of COPD-PPH admissions and standardized rates in people aged 20 and over in the Spanish National Health System (rates by 10,000 person-year; 2002–2013)

Year

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Population aged 20+ (n, millions)

33.34

34.13

34.66

35.45

36.09

36.53

37.15

37.49

37.67

37.79

37.86

37.75

Population aged 65+ (%)

21.60

21.41

21.17

20.79

20.80

20.69

20.61

20.84

21.01

21.37

21.67

22.03

Hospitalizations (n)

75 036

77 893

72 276

80 027

68 623

77 195

72 647

70 952

64 583

65 315

64 932

61 348

 Men

60 485

63 180

58 642

65 176

55 959

62 813

58 901

57 384

51 981

52 364

51 592

48 193

 Women

14 551

14 713

13 634

14 851

12 664

14 382

13 746

13 568

12 602

12 951

13 340

13 155

 % Women

19.37

18.91

18.87

18.58

18.48

18.68

18.95

19.13

19.53

19.86

20.57

21.49

Patients’ age (mean, years)

73.17

73.32

73.58

73.94

73.86

74.16

74.25

74.05

73.76

74.26

74.60

74.21

 Men

72.84

73.00

73.34

73.76

73.84

74.19

74.27

74.24

73.95

74.51

74.94

74.68

 Women

74.53

74.66

74.61

74.76

73.94

74.03

74.16

73.22

72.99

73.26

73.28

72.50

Standardized Rate 10,000 p-y

24.46

24.70

22.13

24.05

20.19

22.24

20.45

19.42

17.26

17.03

16.64

15.53

 Men

40.62

41.03

36.89

40.21

33.97

37.11

34.20

32.29

28.60

28.07

27.19

25.11

 Women

9.07

9.13

8.07

8.65

7.05

8.06

7.35

7.16

6.45

6.50

6.59

6.40

Relative Risk of admission

1.19

1.22

1.11

1.19

1.02

1.11

1.03

0.98

0.86

0.85

0.83

0.77