A Study of Publicly Accessible Data Regarding Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Among Adults in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Abstract

Almost 15.7 million Americans report a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) diagnosis, but more than half of US adults with low pulmonary function report they have not be diagnosed with COPD. 80% of COPD deaths are attributable to smoking. The use of publicly accessible data provides an opportunity to compare the number of self-reported smokers in our city to the number of individuals who report being diagnosed with COPD. The 500 Cities Project has incorporated multilevel regression and poststratification to link geocoded health surveys to produce local level health related estimates. The purpose of this project is to compare the percentage of adult smokers to the percentage of adults diagnosed with COPD using the 500 Cites Project data within Tulsa County.