The data displays the age-adjusted death rate from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease among U.S. adults from 2000 to 2014, by ethnicity. In 2014, the death rate for black adults was around 87.4 per 100,000 population, while the death rate for white adults was 125.6 per 100,000 population.
2000 | 98.8 | 140.3 |
2001 | 96.4 | 139.6 |
2002 | 97.4 | 139.5 |
2003 | 95.8 | 139.2 |
2004 | 92.4 | 134.5 |
2005 | 97 | 139.8 |
2006 | 92.1 | 133 |
2007 | 90.4 | 130.9 |
2008 | 93.6 | 134.5 |
2009 | 88.9 | 129.6 |
2010 | 89.3 | 129.8 |
2011 | 89.7 | 131.1 |
2012 | 89.5 | 128.7 |
2013 | 90.8 | 130.2 |
2014 | 87.4 | 125.6 |