For US adults, pneumonia is the most common cause of
hospital admissions other than women giving birth. About 1
million adults in the US are hospitalized with pneumonia every
year, and about 50,000 die from this disease.
While successful pneumonia treatment often leads to full
recovery, it can have longer term consequences. Children
who survive pneumonia have increased risk for chronic
lung diseases. Adults who survive pneumonia may have
worsened exercise ability, cardiovascular disease, cognitive
decline, and quality of life for months or years.
The death rate from pneumonia in the US has had littleor no improvement since antibiotics became widespreadmore than half a century ago. We are not yet winning thebattle against pneumonia.
Latest stats 2012
Pneumonia USA
Number of deaths: 53,282
Deaths per 100,000 population: 16.9
All true, but let me add....
A lot of people go to the hospital to be treated for something other than pneumonia. They get sent home. A few days later they experience symptoms they've never had before. And go back to the hospital. To be treated for the pneumonia they contracted, while they were in the hospital getting treated for another condition.
"I hate hospitals. Hospitals kill people." ~ Former poster Mel "Sex on the Beach" Stewart. My great friend. He died at home.