How Many People Die From the Flu Each Year WisdomCard™
Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on How Many People Die From the Flu Each Year and compiled helpful research notes below.
Success!
Thanks for helping us improve this WisdomCard. We'll let you know if your resource makes the Top 10!.
Have another great resource to share? Go ahead and nominate another resource!
Nominate a Resource for this WisdomCard™
We have 5 top resources but need 5 more. Are there additional great resources about How Many People Die From the Flu Each Year that we should add here? The OrganizedWisdom team looks forward to reviewing your nomination!
Research Notes on How Many People Die From the Flu Each Year
About 30,000 to 40,000 deaths occur due to the flu each year in the United States. That number could equate to 300,000 to 500,000 deaths worldwide.1 The majority of flu-related deaths occur in people over the age of 65.2
Fast Facts:
- About five to twenty percent of the US population gets the flu each year.2
- About 92 children die each year from the flu.2
- Influenza was listed as the seventh biggest cause of death during the years 1999 and 2000.3
There's more WisdomCard content below this ad.
Advertisement
Research Notes References
- ↑ FluFacts.com: Influenza Statistics
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 National Women's Health Resource Center: How Many People Die From the Flu in the U.S. Each Year?
- ↑ WrongDiagnosis: Statistics for the Flu
About this WisdomCard
- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 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. In addition to filtering out spam and bad links, WisdomCards highlight tips and warnings, such as:
- Guide Favorite
- Guide Warning
- Scroll down to reach relevant content
- Video
- In Memoriam
Help improve this WisdomCard by suggesting great links.
Advertisement
Are You Depressed?
1. Have you been feeling blue, or "down in the dumps"?
About WisdomCard
Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: How Many People Die From Influenza Each Year, Flue Related Deaths, Influenza Related deaths, Flu-Related Deaths, Influenza-Related Deaths, Influenza Statistics
- Last update: Sep. 29, 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.
