While flu and pneumonia hospitalization rates for older adults in Kenosha County remain the highest in SE Wisconsin, rates have dropped 26% in the last four years.

Click here to see local flu and pneumonia hospitalization rates from 2000 to 2009.

We encourage all older adults to talk with their health providers about the flu and pneumonia vaccines before flu season.

Here are links to Center for Disease Control website with more information about flu and pneumonia:

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/keyfacts.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/Features/Pneumonia/