Pneumonia
(Data are for the U.S.)
Vaccination
- Percent of adults 65 years and over who had ever received a pneumococcal vaccination: 62.3%
Health Care Use
Hospital inpatient care
- Number of discharges: 1.1 million
- Average length of stay: 5.2 days
Nursing home care
- Number of residents with pneumonia: 33,700
- Percent of residents with pneumonia: 2.3%
Source: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey, Residents, table 33B [PDF - 719 KB]
Mortality
- Number of deaths: 50,774
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 16.5
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2009, tables 10, 11 [PDF - 2.1 MB]
- Percent of hospital inpatient deaths from pneumonia: 3.4%
Source: National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2006 Annual Summary, table 25 [PDF - 2.8 MB]
More data
- Early release of selected estimates from the National Health Interview Survey
- Influenza
- Search Tables for Pneumonia in Health Data Interactive
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