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Pneumonia

(Data are for U.S. for year indicated)

Vaccination

Percent of adults 65 years and over who received a pneumococcal vaccination: 57 (2006)

Source: Health, United States, 2007, Table 86

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 at time of survey: 22,500

Percent of residents with pneumonia at time of survey: 1.4

Average length of stay for discharges with pneumonia as primary diagnosis: 124 days

Source:  National Nursing Home Survey: 1999 Summary, Tables 26, 58

Mortality

Number of deaths: 58,564

Deaths per 100,000 population: 19.9

Source/more data: Deaths: Final Data for 2004, 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

Related links

National Health Interview Survey

National Home and Hospice Care Survey

National Hospital Discharge Survey

National Nursing Home Survey

Mortality data

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

American Lung Association

This page last reviewed September 25, 2008