Demographic and regional trends of pneumonia mortality in the United States, 1999 to 2022.

ABSTRACT: Pneumonia is amongst the leading causes of death in the United States. In 2020, pneumonia accounted for over 53,000 deaths and 2.6 million emergency department visits. Further research is needed to study the evolution of country-wide trends and disparities. The centers for disease control and prevention wide-ranging online data for epidemiologic research (CDC WONDER) was used to identify pneumonia-related deaths within the United States from 1999 to 2022. Data on demographic and regional groups were analyzed by calculating age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMRs) and annual percentage change (APC) in AAMRs, for sex, race/ethnicity, age, urban-rural classification, region, and states. Overall, the AAMR per 100,000 from pneumonia-related deaths declined by 52.1% from 35.9 to 17.2 between 1999 an

SUBMITTER: Holland E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11933369 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature