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Pneumonia

Data are for the U.S.

Vaccination

  • Percent of adults aged 65 and over who had ever received a pneumococcal vaccination: 69.0%

Source: Early release of selected estimates based on data from the 2017 National Health Interview Survey, data table for figure 5.1

Emergency department visits

  • Number of visits to emergency departments with pneumonia as the primary hospital discharge diagnosis: 544,000

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2015 Emergency Department Summary Tables, table 27 [PDF – 676 KB]

Mortality

  • Number of deaths: 48,632
  • Deaths per 100,000 population: 15.1

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2016, Supplemental Tables, tables I-12, I-13, I-22 [PDF – 2 MB]

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