Table 4: Prevalence of COPD (post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC ,0·70) according to some relevant exposures

São Paulo (Brazil)

Santiago (Chile)

Mexico City (Mexico)

Montevideo (Uruguay)

Caracas (Venezuela)

Sex

Men

18.0% (14.6–21.4)

23.3% (19.7–27.0)

11.0% (7.6–14.4)

27.1% (22.8–31.5)

15.7% (12.4–19.0)

Women

14.0% (10.8–17.1)

12.8% (10.0–15.6)

5.6% (3.6–7.6)

14.5% (11.6–17.5)

10.2% (8.2–12.2)

Age (years)

40–49

8.4% (6.1–10.6)

7.1% (4.9–9.2)

2.2% (0.5–3.9)

5.1% (2.3–7.8)

5.4% (3.3–7.4)

50–59

16.2% (12.8–19.7)

13.0% (9.6–16.4)

4.5% (1.9–7.2)

12.7% (8.9–16.4)

9.8% (7.1–12.5)

≥60

25.7% (20.5–31.0)

30.3% (25.6–35.0)

18.4% (13.9–22.9)

32.1% (27.7–36.6)

23.4% (18.6–28.3)

Ethnic origin

White

16.2% (13.1–19.3)

17.7% (15.0–20.3)

12.6% (7.6–17.7)

20.3 %(17.8–22.8)

13.4% (10.2–16.7)

Mixed

12.8% (8.9–16.8)

13.6% (9.6–17.6)

5.3% (3.3–7.4)

11.5% (2.8–20.3)

12.0% (9.1–14.9)

Black

18.6% (11.2–25.9)

16.7% (0.0–46.0)

14.3% (0.4–28.2)

11.1% (0.0–24.0)

8.5% (3.5–13.4)

Indians

21.7% (8.9–16.8)

25.0% (11.7–38.3)

7.0% (2.7–11.2)

33.3% (1.7–64.9)

22.2% (0.0–51.0)

Asians

22.7% (4.3–41.2)

11.1% (0.0–32.5)

1.0% (0.0–29.1)

50.0% (0.0–100 )

0.0

Education (years)

0–2

22.1% (16.6–27.6)

33.3% (21.6–45.1)

11.3% (5.5–17.1)

29.4% (17.0–41.8)

16.2% (8.8–23.5)

3–4

16.3% (12.4–20.3)

21.4% (14.9–27.9)

12.1% (6.0–18.1)

23.5% (16.6–30.4)

13.7% (7.2–20.3)

5–8

14.4% (9.4–19.5)

17.7% (13.7–21.6)

6.1% (3.6–8.6)

21.4% (16.9–26.0)

12.0% (9.0–15.0)

≥9

10.4% (5.9–14.8)

13.6% (1.6–16.5)

6.0% (3.7–8.3)

15.2% (11.8–18.6)

10.6% (7.6–13.6)

Body-mass index (kg/m2)

<25

19.3% (15.5–23.2)

20.7% (16.4–25.0)

14.6% (8.8–20.5)

23.7% (18.8–28.6)

15.1% (11.6–18.6)

25-29.9

13.9% (10.1–17.7)

16.4% (13.2–19.7)

7.5% (5.0–9.9)

20.8% (16.5–25.1)

11.5% (8.8–14.2)

≥30

13.2% (9.3–17.2)

14.4% (10.4–18.4)

4.3% (2.2–6.4)

15.0% (10.2–19.8)

9.6% (6.0–13.3)

Smoking status

Never smoker

12.5% (9.4–15.6)

15.9% (11.7–20.0)

6.2% (4.0–8.4)

15.3% (11.7–18.9)

6.6% (4.5–8.7)

Former smoker

15.6% (11.8– 19.3)

15.5% (11.6–19.4)

12.3% (7.3–17.3)

23.3% (18.3–28.2)

16.9% (13.1–20.7)

Current smoker

21.8% (16.5–27.2)

18.7 %(15.3–22.2)

8.0% (4.5–11.6)

22.5% (17.7–27.4)

15.4% (11.6–19.2)

Smoking exposure (pack-years)

0–9.9

12.8% (10.0–15.7)

13.9% (11.5–16.3)

6.3% (4.5–8.2)

14.3% (11.3– 17.4)

8.1% (6.2–9.9)

10–19.9

15.3% (9.3– 21.3)

15.5% (10.2–20.7)

15.7% (8.4–23.0)

14.7% (8.0–21.4)

15.3% (9.8–20.8)

Overall

15.8% (13.5–18.1)

16.9% (14.7–19.1)

7.8% (5.9–9.7)

19.7% (17.2–22.1)

12.1% (10.3–13.9)

Data are % (95% CI).