INCIDENC AND STATISTICS

(Data are for U.S.)
Mortality
Number of deaths: 64,954 (2002)
Deaths per 100,000 population: 22.5 (2002)
Percent of hospital inpatient deaths from pneumonia: 8.1 (2000)
Health Care
Number of discharges: 1.3 million (2002)
Average length of stay: 5.7 days (2002)
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)
Survey
Nursing home care:
Number of residents with pneumonia: 46,000 (1999)
Percent of residents with pneumonia: 2.5 (1999)Average length of stay for discharges with pneumonia as primary diagnosis: 124 days (1999