Pneumonia

• Percent of adults aged 65 and over who had ever received a pneumococcal vaccination: 68.9%

Source: Early release of selected estimates based on data from the 2018 National Health Interview Survey, data table for figure 5.1

• Number of visits to emergency departments with pneumonia as the primary diagnosis: 1.7 million

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2016 Emergency Department Summary Tables, table 12 pdf icon[PDF – 738 KB]

• Number of deaths: 49,157
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 15.1

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2017, Supplemental Tables, tables I-12, I-13 pdf icon[PDF – 1.93 MB]

• National Health Interview Survey
• Mortality data
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Pneumonia
• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: Pneumoniaexternal icon
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseasesexternal icon
• American Lung Association : Pneumoniaexternal icon