Flu Vaccination Rate
*Influenza/pnemonia mortality rate in 2019
Mortality rate
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23
New Jersey
32.4
Nevada
13.3
New York
16.5
Data pertaining from October 2018 to May 2019
Seasonal Flu Vaccine Coverage
Flu Mortality Rate
See the number of deaths per 100,000 people.
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Seasonal Flu Vaccination Coverage
Seasonal Flu Vaccination Coverage
Influenza Mortality Rate by State
Influenza Mortality Rate by State
Vaccine vs. Flu
Washington
51.1%
Oregon
9
cALIFORNIA
42.9%
Arizona
10.3
Utah
41.9%
Idaho
11.4
Montana
10.5
Wyoming
14.6
Colorado
7.8
New Mexico
13.2
Texas
11.3
Oklahoma
13.7
North Dakota
14.3
South Dakota
15.9
Nebraska
14.5
Minnesota
7.5
Iowa
13.2
missouri
13.1
Arkansas
16.6
Louisiana
12.1
Kentucky
15.7
Illinois
13.4
Wisconsin
10
Indiana
11.6
Michigan
12.8
Fast Fact: In 1938, scientists at the University of Michigan used fertilized chicken eggs to develop the first flu vaccine.
Ohio
12.6
Pennsylvania
13.4
West Virginia
16.1
Virginia
11
Maryland
11.4
Delaware
10.5
nEW jERSEY
10.9
New Hampshire
10.3
Maine
14.7
Rhode Island
11.7
Fast Fact: During the 2018-2019 flu season Rhode Island had a 53.6 vaccine coverage rate, the highest in the country by a 2.8 margin.
Connecticut
11
Fast Fact: In 1955, The world's first plastic disposable hypodermic syringe, which made mass vaccination possible, was developed in Waterbury.
Massachusetts
13.2
North Carolina
13.8
South Carolina
10.8
Georgia
11.8
Florida
8.2
aLASKA
7.1
Hawaii
16.8
Kansas
14
In 1918, every Huntsville physician and drug distributor--except for one pharmacist--was out sick with the flu.
Alabama
16.6
Vermont
5.8
Fast Fact: In 2019, Vermont had the lowest rate of deaths from flu (5.8% per 100,000 cases) and ranked as the tenth most vaccinated state (50.2% coverage).
Mississippi
22.6
Fast Fact: In 2019, Mississippi had the highest rate of deaths from flu (22.6% per 100,000 cases), and ranked as the tenth least vaccinated state (39.9% coverage).
Tennessee
16.2
Fast Fact: During the 1918 Spanish flu, doctors prescribed shots of whiskey to sick patients.
wASHINGTON
10
uTAH
11.2
Fast Fact: In November 1918 Salt Lake City officials placed quarantine signs on the homes of 2,000 flu-stricken residents.
cALIFORNIA
12.5
Fast Fact: The first and only medicine proven to lessen the severity of flu symptoms, Tamiflu, was invented and patented by Gilead Sciences, a Californian company, in 1996.
Hover over each state to see the number of deaths per 100,000 people.*
2019 Deaths from Flu
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23
Fast Fact: Pre-pandemic vaccines, masks, and other resources are stored in the Strategic National Stockpile, spread out across secret locations in the US.
51.1%
wASHINGTON
Oregon
45.1%
Idaho
41.4%
Nevada
33.9%
Arizona
42.6%
uTAH
41.9%
Fast Fact: In November 1918 Salt Lake City officials placed quarantine signs on the homes of 2,000
flu-stricken residents.
aLASKA
40.7%
New Mexico
44.7%
Kansas
46.8%
Fast Fact: In 1918, a small town called Huntsville every physician and drug distributor -except for one pharmacist-was out sick with the flu.
Wyoming
39.1%
Montana
46.8%
Colorado
48.1%
Texas
43.2%
South Dakota
50.4%
North Dakota
47.2%
Nebraska
49.5%
Oklahoma
49.8%
Minnesota
49.4%
Iowa
51.6%
missouri
48.1%
Arkansas
44.5%
Louisiana
37.2%
Wisconsin
48.4%
Illinois
41.3%
Kentucky
45.4%
Michigan
43.3%
Fast Fact: In 1938, scientists at the University of Michigan used fertilized chicken eggs to develop the first flu vaccine.
Tennessee
44.3%
Fast Fact: During the 1918 Spanish flu, doctors prescribed shots of whiskey to sick patients.
Mississippi
39.9%
Fast Fact: In 2019, Mississippi had the highest rate of deaths from flu (22.6% per 100,000 cases), and ranked as the tenth least vaccinated state
(39.9% coverage).
Indiana
45.3%
Alabama
44.8%
Ohio
47.6%
West Virginia
46.5%
Virginia
50.6%
Georgia
39.3%
Florida
37.6%
South Carolina
43.3%
North Carolina
52%
Maryland
52.3%
New York
47.3%
Pennsylvania
50.3%
Delaware
46.8%
Vermont
50.2%
Fast Fact: In 2019, Vermont had the lowest rate of deaths from flu (5.8% per 100,000 cases) and ranked as the tenth most vaccinated state
(50.2% coverage).
New Hampshire
48.6%
Maine
45.6%
Massachusetts
53.5%
Rhode Island
56.3%
Fast Fact: During the 2018-2019 flu season Rhode Island had a 53.6 vaccine coverage rate, the highest in the country by a 2.8 margin.
Connecticut
52.4%
Fast Fact: In 1955, The world's first plastic disposable hypodermic syringe, which made mass vaccination possible, was developed in Waterbury.
Hawaii
47.2%
nEW jERSEY
32.4%
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The CDC combines flu and pneumonia data to get a more accurate assessment of annual mortality rates, because the underlying cause of a death by influenza is often listed as pneumonia.
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cALIFORNIA
42.9%
Fast Fact: The first and only medicine proven to lessen the severity of flu symptoms, Tamiflu, was invented and patented by Gilead Sciences, a Californian company,
in 1996.
