The Epidemiology of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Vidya Navaratnam University of Nottingham
What is IPF? Chronic, progressive, fibrotic lung disease of unknown aetiology More common in men Average age of presentation 71 years Median survival 3 years Lots of symptoms 7 years of life lost
How common is IPF?
Textbooks in the 1990s Not a common disease Disease of middle aged people
Number of deaths from CFA in England and Wales
Summary of incidence in early 1990s StudyRate per 100,000 pyrs New Mexico3 UK death certificates2.8 UK general practice4
Incidence over time - update Gribbin Thorax 2006:61:980
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis -New
Primary Care Data CasesCrude incidence rates (95% CI) per person years Rate Ratios (95%CI) Year (4.95 to 6.74) (5.28 to 7.08)1.08 (0.87 to 1.33 ) (5.83 to 7.68)1.20 (0.98 to 1.48 ) (6.26 to 8.15)1.30 (1.06 to 1.60 ) (7.14 to 9.14)1.41 (1.16 to 1.72 ) (7.21 to 9.19)1.45 (1.19 to 1.77 ) (6.65 to 8.55)1.35 (1.11 to 1.65 ) (8.07 to 10.15)1.63 (1.34 to 1.98 ) (7.12 to 9.08)1.37 (1.12 to 1.67) p for trend <0.0001
Hospital admissions in England
Incidence summary IPF deaths in England and Wales 479 in in 2008 Incidence rate About 8 per 100,000 person years About 5000 new cases a year 5% increase per year
Trent Lung Fibrosis Study: The clot thickens
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