摘要：What is already known about this topic? Approximately 25% of adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have never smoked, and workplace exposures likely contribute to much of their disease. What is added by this report? During 2013–2017, an estimated 2.4 million (2.2%) U.S. working adults aged ≥18 years who never smoked had COPD. The highest COPD prevalences among persons who never smoked were in the information (3.3%) and mining (3.1%) industries and office and administrative support occupation workers (3.3%). Women had higher COPD prevalences than did men. What are the implications for public health practice? Efforts to reduce adverse workplace exposures and promote research to characterize the many contributing risk factors for COPD are needed to improve efforts to prevent and reduce risk for COPD among nonsmoking workers.
关键词：Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Prevalence; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Prevalence Among Adults; COPD Among Adults That Have Never Smoked; COPD By Industry; COPD By Occupation; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD); Adult Health; MMWR; Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
