Pneumonia Hospitalizations in the US Navy and Marine Corps: Rates and Risk Factors for 6,522 Admissions, 1981–1991

C. Gray, Gregory; S. Mitchell, Benjamin; E. Tueller, John; R. Cross, Eleanor; E. Amundson, Dennis

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117076

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Pneumonia Hospitalizations in the US Navy and Marine Corps: Rates and Risk Factors for 6,522 Admissions, 1981–1991

Published in American Journal of Epidemiology • Apr 15, 1994

Authors:

Gregory C. Gray

Benjamin S. Mitchell

John E. Tueller

Abstract

The authors identified hospitalizations for pneumonia (n = 6,522) in active-duty Navy and Marine Corps personnel during 1981-1991 from computerized inpatient records. The crude mean annual rate of pneumonia hospitalization was 77.6 per 100,000 active-duty personnel; 65% of pneumonia hospitalizations...

Subject

Medicine

Pneumonia

Case fatality rate

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