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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. This was still above the national age-adjusted rate of 20.4 per 100,000.
Source: 2006 Louisiana Health Report Card. Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health.
Medical information about pneumonia
• Familydoctor.org
Information by the American Academy of Family Physicians for parents and kids about pneumonia, what causes it, length of illness, and its treatment. Information is also available in Spanish.
• healthfinder® (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
Provides to health information on pneumonia 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.
• Pneumonia (MedlinePlus)
MedlinePlus is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. Material is also available in Spanish.
• The Merck Manual – Second Home Edition
Chapter 42 of the online version of The Merck Manual, 2nd Home Edition, is completely about Pneumonia. It includes an introduction, and information about community-acquired pneumonia, hospital-acquired and institutional-acquired pneumonia, fungal pneumonia, pneumocystis pneumonia and aspiration pneumonia.
• Pneumonia (NOAH) (City University of New York, New York Academy of Medicine, New York Public Library, Metropolitan New York Library Council)
Provides information on pneumonia, the different types of pneumonia, occurrence in children and teens, care and treatment, prevention, and information resources. Information is also available in Spanish.
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