Incidence and prevalence of bronchiectasis worldwide
| First author (ref.) | Methods | Country | Period of time | Incidence | Prevalence |
| Weycker et al. [6] | ICD (secondary care) | USA | 2013 | 34 and 23 per 100 000 person-years among women and men, respectively | 180/100 000 in women; 95/100 000 in men |
| Ringshausen et al. [7] and Diel et al. [8] | ICD (secondary care) | Germany | 2013 | 21.23 per 100 000 person-years | 67/100 000 persons Men aged 75–84 years: 228/100 000 |
| Quint et al. [9] | Read (primary care) | UK | 2013 | 35.2 and 26.9 per 100 000 person-years among women and men, respectively | 566.1/100 000 in women; 485.5/100 000 in men |
| Monteagudo et al. [10] | ICD (primary care) | Catalonia, Spain | 2012 | 49.3 and 46.9 per 100 000 person-years among women and men, respectively | 391/100 000 in women; 333/100 000 in men |
| Aliberti et al. [11] | ICD (primary care) | Italy | 2015 | 18.2 and 14.1 per 100 000 person-years among women and men, respectively | 178/100 000 in women; 147/100 000 in men |
| Zhou et al. [2] | Self-reported physician-diagnosed bronchiectasis | China | 2002–2004 | NA | 1100/100 000 and 1500/100 000 in women and men aged 40 years or older, respectively |
| Phua et al. [12] | ICD (primary care) | Singapore | 2017 | 11.2 and 9.9 per 100 000 person-years among women and men, respectively | 140.0/100 000 in women; 154.5/100 000 in men |
| Choi et al. [13] | ICD | South Korea | 2012 | NA | 464/100 000 in people aged 20 years or older |
ICD: International Coding of Disease; NA: not applicable.