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JAMA. 1995;274(7):532.

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THE COMBINED cause-of-death category pneumonia and influenza (P&I) (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, codes 480-487) ranks as the sixth leading cause of death in the United States following heart disease, cancer, stroke, unintentional injuries, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.¹ Changes in the epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae and other recognized respiratory pathogens, the increasing occurrence of drug-resistant microorganisms, and the detection of new respiratory pathogens have heightened awareness of the public health importance of severe respiratory infections.^2-5 To characterize the epidemiology of P&I deaths in the United States, CDC further analyzed underlying and multiple cause-of-death mortality files for 1979-1994. This report summarizes the results of this analysis.

From 1979 to 1994, the overall crude death rates for P&I (based on underlying cause of death) increased 59%, from 20.0 to 31.8 deaths per 100000 population. From 1979 to 1992 (the most recent year for . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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