Flu Statistics WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Flu Statistics
It is estimated that between 25 and 50 million reports of the flu are made in the US each year.1 Of these, about 200,000 people are hospitalized due to the illness.2 Other diseases, such as pneumonia, can be caused from the flu.1
Fast Facts:
- About 30,000-50,000 people die from the flu each year.1
- 90% of the people that die from influenza are older adults.1
- There are many different types of flu viruses.2
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FluFacts.com: Influenza Statistics
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Connecticut Department of Public Health: Flu Statistics
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 21, 2009
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Flu Stats, Influenza Stats, Statistics for the Flu, Statistics for Influenza
- Last update: Oct. 21, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.