Fast Facts You Need to Know about Pneumococcal Disease

"1. Pneumococcal disease can be very serious.

• Pneumococcal pneumonia causes an estimated 150,000 hospitalizations each year in the United States.
• Pneumococcal meningitis and bacteremia killed approximately 3,600 people in the United States in 2017.

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2. Anyone can get pneumococcal disease.

• Children and older adults are at increased risk compared to other age groups.
• Certain medical conditions put people at increased risk for pneumococcal disease.

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3. CDC recommends two safe and effective pneumococcal vaccines.

• All children younger than 2 years old
• People 2 years or older with certain medical conditions

In addition, adults 65 years or older can discuss and decide, with their clinician, to receive PCV13.

• All adults 65 years or older
• People 2 through 64 years old with certain medical conditions
• Adults 19 through 64 years old who smoke cigarettes..."
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