ICES releases study of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Ontario
This study describes persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by age, sex and income level for Ontario's 14 Local Health Integration Networks (LHIN) from April 2014 to March 2015. Also presented are LHIN-based trends in COPD prevalence, incidence and mortality from April 1996 to March 2015 and health services use from April 2002 to March 2015.