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US influenza statistics by flu season. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention page called "Disease Burden of Flu": "Each year CDC estimates the burden of influenza in the U.S. CDC uses modeling to estimate the number of flu illnesses, medical visits, hospitalizations, and deaths related to flu that occurred in a given season.
According to preliminary burden estimates for the 2019–2020 flu season (October 1, 2019 through April 4, 2020) there were between 39 and 56 million flu cases; 18–26 million doctor visits; 410,000 to 740,000 hospitalizations, and between 24,000 and 62,000 deaths.
The 2017–2018 flu season was severe for all US populations and resulted in an estimated 41 million cases, 710,000 hospitalizations and 52,000 deaths. This is the highest number of illnesses since the 2009 flu season, when there were an estimated 60 million cases. [ 6 ]
About 3 to 11 percent of Americans get the flu each year. The symptoms and transmission are similar to COVID-19." ... (CDC), the flu is responsible for anywhere from 12,000 to 52,000 deaths ...
As of May 11, just over 53% of children between ages 6 months and 17 years old were vaccinated this season, which was lower than the prior season’s 56%, when there were 187 deaths.
Vaccination rates among children for flu have been declining in recent years. About 53.9% of children were vaccinated against influenza this season, about 2.2% points lower than last season and 8. ...
In 2003, the WHO estimated that the cost of flu epidemics in the United States was US$71–167 billion per year. [32] A 2007 study found that annual influenza epidemics in the US result in approximately 600,000 life-years lost , 3 million hospitalized days, and 30 million outpatient visits, resulting in medical costs of $10 billion annually.
So far this fall, the CDC estimates at least 780,000 flu illnesses, at least 8,000 hospitalizations and at least 490 flu-related deaths — including at least one child.