QuickStats: Death Rates from Influenza and Pneumonia Among ...

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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS

Death Rates* from Influenza and Pneumonia Among Persons Aged 65 Years, by Sex and Age Group -- National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2018

500

450

Total

Men

Women

400

350

Deaths per 100,000 population

300

250

200

150

100

50

0

65

65?74

75?84

85

Age group (yrs)

* With 95% confidence intervals shown with error bars. Rates are per 100,000 population in each age group. Deaths attributed to influenza and pneumonia were identified using the International Classification of Diseases,

Tenth Revision underlying cause of death codes J09?J18.

In 2018, the death rate from influenza and pneumonia among persons aged 65 years was 93.2 deaths per 100,000 population. Death rates increased with age from 31.7 deaths per 100,000 population among adults aged 65?74 years, to 94.2 among adults aged 75?84 years, to 377.6 among those aged 85 years. Rates increased with age for both men and women, and in each age group the death rates were higher for men than for women.

Source: National Vital Statistics System mortality data. . Reported by: Ellen A. Kramarow, PhD, ekramarow@, 301-458-4325; Julie D. Weeks, PhD.

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MMWR/October 9, 2020/Vol. 69/No. 40

US Department of Health and Human Services/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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