Pneumonia
(Data are for the U.S.)
Vaccination
- Percent of adults 65 years and over who received a pneumococcal vaccination: 57% (2006)
Source: Health, United States, 2008, Table 88
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%
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