Pneumonia

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

Vaccination

• Percent of adults 65 years and over who received a pneumococcal vaccination: 60% (2008)

Source: Early Release of Selected Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, data table for figure 5.1

 

Health Care Use

Hospital inpatient care

• Number of discharges: 1.2 million
• Average length of stay: 5.1 days

Source: 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey, tables 2,4

Home health care

• Number of current patients with pneumonia as primary diagnosis: 20,300 (2000)
• Percent of current patients with pneumonia as primary diagnosis: 1.5% (2000)

Source: The National Home and Hospice Care Survey, table 12

Nursing home care

• Number of residents with pneumonia: 33,700
• Percent of residents with pneumonia: 2.3%

Source: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey, Residents, table 33B

 

Mortality

• Number of deaths: 55,477
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 18.5

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2006, tables 10, 11

• Percent of hospital inpatient deaths from pneumonia: 5.4%

Source: National Hospital Discharge Survey:  2004 Annual Summary With Detailed Diagnosis and Procedure Data, table 25

 

More data

• Early release of selected estimates from the National Health Interview Survey