2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
N | 257 | 632 | 840 | 1033 | 1130 | 1186 | 1285 | 1351 | 1406 | 1463 | 1553 | 1548 | 1541 | 1484 |
Age, mean, years (SD) | 66 (10) | 66 (10) | 67 (10) | 67 (10) | 67 (10) | 68 (10) | 69 (10) | 69 (10) | 70 (10) | 70 (10) | 71 (10) | 71 (10) | 72 (10) | 72 (10) |
31–50 years | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
51–70 years | 55 | 57 | 57 | 53 | 50 | 48 | 45 | 44 | 42 | 42 | 41 | 41 | 40 | 39 |
>70 years | 35 | 35 | 36 | 39 | 43 | 47 | 51 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 59 |
Female | 67 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 69 |
M05: seropositive RA | 46 | 42 | 43 | 42 | 42 | 43 | 43 | 42 | 43 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 45 |
Comorbidities | ||||||||||||||
Hypertension | 58 | 60 | 62 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 70 |
Coronary heart disease | 19 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
Pulmonary hypertension | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
Gastrointestinal reflux | 11 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
COPD | 26 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 |
Diabetes mellitus | 21 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 |
Asthma | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 19 |
Specialised care | ||||||||||||||
Rheumatology care | n.a. | 66 | 68 | 69 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 62 |
Pulmonology care | n.a. | 39 | 46 | 42 | 40 | 40 | 43 | 44 | 46 | 47 | 50 | 49 | 53 | 53 |
Outpatient lung diagnostics* | ||||||||||||||
CT | 59 | 63 | 65 | 67 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 75 |
Bronchoalveolar lavage | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
X-ray | 90 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 95 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 |
Functional tests | 63 | 62 | 60 | 60 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 60 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 58 | 57 |
Biopsy | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 |
Spirometry | 39 | 47 | 50 | 52 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 52 | 52 | 52 |
Bronchoscopy | 61 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 52 | 52 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 48 |
Numbers are percentages unless otherwise indicated.
*Anytime in 2005–2020.
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; n.a., not applicable.