Community-acquired pneumonia mortality trends according to age and gender: 2009 to 2019
Community-acquired pneumonia remains associated with a high risk of death. Mortality increased with age from 40 years onwards. However, the relative risk of dying with CAP in the Hospital decreased during this decade.
Authors
- Filipe Froes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4135-6022)
- Henrique M. Oliveira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3346-4915)
- João Gonçalves-Pereira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7538-3777)
- Paulo Mergulhão (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0212-8414)
- F. C. de P. Pereira
- António Diniz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7036-3200)
Institutions
- San Antonio College (US)
- University of Lisbon (PT)
- Universidade do Porto (PT)
- Cargill (Netherlands) (NL)
- Hospital Pulido Valente (PT)
- Faculdade de Desenvolvimento do Rio Grande do Sul (BR)
- Instituto Português de Oncologia Francisco Gentil (PT)
- Administração Regional de Saúde de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo (PT)
- Portuguese School of Bank Management (PT)
- Hospital Vila Franca de Xira (PT)
- Lusíada University of Porto (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pulmonary Medicine
- Published
- 2025-08-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-025-03875-8
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 13.52
Funders
- Ministério da Saúde
- Merck Sharp and Dohme
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia