Volume 24, Number 7—July 2018
Perspective
Progress in Vaccine-Preventable and Respiratory Infectious Diseases—First 10 Years of the CDC National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, 2006–2015
Anne Schuchat
, Larry J. Anderson1, Lance E. Rodewald, Nancy J. Cox, Rana Hajjeh2, Mark A. Pallansch, Nancy E. Messonnier, Daniel B. Jernigan, and Melinda Wharton
, Larry J. Anderson1, Lance E. Rodewald, Nancy J. Cox, Rana Hajjeh2, Mark A. Pallansch, Nancy E. Messonnier, Daniel B. Jernigan, and Melinda Wharton
Figure 3
Figure 3. Pneumonia and influenza mortality rates and hospitalization counts by year, United States, 1999–2016. Age-adjusted mortality rates were obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics and based on underlying cause of death; nationwide hospitalization estimates were obtained from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.
1Current affiliation: Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
2Current affiliation: World Health Organization, Cairo, Egypt.
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