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About two million people in the United States develop pneumonia each year, and of those, 40,000 to 70,000 die. Pneumonia is particularly dangerous to the elderly and those with other serious chronic diseases. It is the sixth most common cause of death in the United States and the most common fatal infection acquired in hospitals.1 The incidence of pneumonia increases with age, and more than 90 percent of deaths due to pneumonia are in people 65 and older.
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References
1. "Pneumonia," in The Merck Manual of Medical Information: Second Home Edition Online. Available at: http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec04/ch042/
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Carratala, Jordi, MD et. al. “Outpatient Care compared with Hospitalization for Community-Acquired Pneumonia.” Annals of Internal Medicine 2005 Feb 1;142(3):165-72.
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Houck, Peter M. MD et al. “Timing of Antibiotic Administration and Outcomes for Medicare Patients Hospitalized with Community-acquired Pneumonia,” Archives of Internal Medicine 2004 Mar 22;164(6):637-44.
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Mandell, Lionel A. et al., “Update of Practice Guidelines for the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Immunocompetent Adults: Guidelines for CAP in Adults.” Clinical Infectious Diseases 2003 Dec 1;37(11):1405-33. Epub 2003 Nov 3.
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