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The Epidemiology of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

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

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The Epidemiology of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

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  1. The Epidemiology of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Vidya Navaratnam University of Nottingham

  2. 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

  3. How common is IPF?

  4. Textbooks in the 1990s • Not a common disease • Disease of middle aged people

  5. Number of deaths from CFA in England and Wales

  6. Summary of incidence in early 1990s

  7. Incidence over time - update Gribbin Thorax 2006:61:980

  8. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis -New

  9. Primary Care Data

  10. Hospital admissions in England

  11. Incidence summary IPF deaths in England and Wales 479 in 1968 3019 in 2008 Incidence rate About 8 per 100,000 person years About 5000 new cases a year 5% increase per year

  12. Trent Lung Fibrosis Study: The clot thickens

  13. Thank you • Richard Hubbard • Andrew Fogarty • Norma Thompson • Tricia McKeever • Gisli Jenkins • Sue Ledger • Kate Fleming • Joe West

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