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Vaccine Prevented 6 Million Cases, 65,000 Hospitalizations

Roger RennekampAlumni Network
 

For more than a decade, CDC has used a model to estimate the numbers of flu illnesses, medical visits, hospitalizations, and deaths during the flu season, and to estimate the impact that flu vaccination had on illness outcomes in the United States (1-6). The methods used to calculate the estimates of flu burden prevented by flu vaccination have been described previously (1,2,6). CDC uses the estimates of the impact of flu vaccination to inform policy and communications promoting vaccination as the best way to prevent flu.

CDC estimates that during the 2022-2023 season, flu vaccination prevented 6.0 million flu-related illnesses, 2.9 million medical visits, 65,000 hospitalizations, and 3,700 deaths).

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