“No one is certain how many people are affected by Pulmonary Foundation (PF). One recent study estimated that idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (or IPF, Idiopathic means unknown cause.  IPF which is just one of more than 200 types of PF) affects 1 out of 200 adults over the age of 60 in the United States—that translates to more than 200,000 people living with PF today. Approximately 50,000 new cases are diagnosed each year and as many as 40,000 Americans die from IPF each year.”.

Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation