Flu-Related Fatality Rate Hits Record High for Seniors

The CDC is reporting that this is the worst flu season for seniors since they started tracking the 65-and-older flu-related death rate in 2005.

Last week, the fatality rate for laboratory-confirmed influenza cases among seniors reached 116 per 100,000. The previous record was 90 deaths per 100,000. Seniors also account for more than half of all flu-related hospitalizations.

While the national flu-related hospitalization rate is leveling off, the CDC anticipates that the worst is still to come for the elderly population.

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