Figure 3.
Age and gender standardized pneumococcal death rate over time, U.S., 1968–2006a
aThe left panel shows the crude pneumococcal death rate, standardized to the white female 2005 population. The introduction of PPV-23 in 1983 and PCV-7 in 2000 are noted with arrows. The dashed vertical lines indicate the International Classification of Diseases version used. The right panel shows the standardized crude death rate for each racial/ethnic group and gender, also standardized to the white female 2005 population. Data are from the National Center for Health Statistics Mortality Detail Files and U.S. Census Bureau intercensal population estimates.
ICD-8, −9, −10 = International Classification of Diseases, Eighth, Ninth, or 10th Revision
PPV-23 = 23-valent-polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine
PCV-7 = pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
