Flu Hospitalizations Soar among Older Adults, Report Finds
Flu hospitalizations soar among older adults, report finds. According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this flu season has been particularly severe for older adults, with this age group experiencing the highest rate of hospitalizations in a decade.
Since October, the rate of flu hospitalizations among US adults ages 65 and over has been 258 hospitalizations per 100,000 people.
Previously, the highest rate was during the 2012 to 2013 flu season, when there were 183 flu hospitalizations per 100,000 people ages 65 and older. Health officials started keeping track of flu hospitalizations in 2005.
One reason the flu is more severe this year could be the types of flu strains that are circulating. The most common strain of flu this season is H3N2, and health officials know that in years when this flu strain predominates, there tend to be more hospitalizations and deaths.
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