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: 1.3 million

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2017 Emergency Department Summary Tables, table 12 pdf icon[PDF – 863 KB]

• Number of deaths: 47,956
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 14.7

Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2018) via CDC WONDER

• Mortality Statistics
• National Health Interview Survey
• 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