Volume 22, Number 9—September 2016
Dispatch
Trends in Pneumonia Mortality Rates and Hospitalizations by Organism, United States, 2002–20111
Brandon A. Wuerth, John P. Bonnewell, Timothy L. Wiemken, and Forest W. Arnold
Table 2
All-cause case-fatality rate (deaths/100 cases for 6 causative agents, by sex and region, United States, 2002–2011
| Pneumococcus, n = 25,112 | Klebsiella spp., n = 15,687 | Pseudomonas spp., n = 39,975 | Haemophilus influenzae, n = 3,935 | Staphylococcus. aureus, n = 89,540 | Influenza virus, n = 9,417 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall |
6.6 |
14.3 |
12.1 |
4.9 |
15.6 |
3.5 |
| Sex | ||||||
| M | 6.8 (1) | 15.4 (1) | 12.6 (1) | 5.1 (1) | 16.6 (1) | 3.8 (1) |
| F |
6.5 (0.91) |
12.9 (0.81) |
11.5 (0.87) |
4.7 (0.86) |
14.4 (0.83) |
3.3 (0.84) |
| Region | ||||||
| Northeast | 8.1 (1) | 20.5 (1) | 15.3 (1) | 5.8 (1) | 18.9 (1) | 3.9 (1) |
| Midwest | 5.6 (0.67) | 12.0 (0.53) | 9.8 (0.62) | 3.8 (0.64) | 13.1 (0.67) | 3.3 (0.83) |
| South | 6.4 (0.82) | 12.4 (0.56) | 11.7 (0.75) | 4.8 (0.86) | 14.9 (0.78) | 3.3 (0.92) |
| West | 7.2 (0.91) | 16.2 (0.76) | 13.2 (0.85) | 5.9 (1.06) | 16.9 (0.89) | 3.8 (1.07) |
1This manuscript was presented in part at the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDWeek), October 2–5, 2013, San Francisco, California, USA.
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