The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics combines pneumonia and influenza together. In 1999 1,008 persons in the state of Louisiana died from pneumonia or influenza, giving the state a death rate for this cause of 23.1 per 100,000, which is under the National rate of 23.4, ranking Louisiana as 29th. However, Louisiana’s age-adjusted rate was 26.6, bringing its national ranking up to 16.
Source: Kathleen O’Leary Morgan and Scott Morgan, editors, Health Care State Rankings 2002: Health Care in the 50 United States (Lawrence, KS: Morgan Quitno Press, 2002).
By 2003, the combined death rate per 100,000 residents for pneumonia and influenza, adjusted for age, had gone down to 21.8 in Louisiana. However, the national age-adjusted rate was 20.4 per 100,000.
Source: 2006 Louisiana Health Report Card. Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This government site provides information both for the public and the health professional. For the public there are frequently asked questions, fact sheets, flu activity maps, and regular news updates. There is a National Immunization Hotline in English and Spanish. The site is also available in multiple foreign languages.
• healthfinder® (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
Provides to health information on influenza in selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as government agencies and non-profit organizations. Some of the material is also available in multiple foreign languages.
• Flu (MedlinePlus)
MedlinePlus is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. Information on the flu includes general overviews, diagnosis and symptoms, prevention and screening, research and clinical trials, organizations, treatment, and specific age groups. Material is also available in Spanish.
• Influenza (NOAH) (City University of New York, New York Academy of Medicine, New York Public Library, Metropolitan New York Library Council)
Provides information on what influenza, also knowledge on children, and teens, information resources, statistics, and local clinics. Information is also available in Spanish.
• World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO), the health agency of the United Nations, maintains this site, which offers information to the public and health professionals about influenza. It is updated daily and covers disease outbreak news, statistics, fact sheets, articles, and related links.
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