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===Children=== In 2008, pneumonia occurred in approximately 156 million children (151 million in the developing world and 5 million in the developed world).<ref name=Lancet11/> In 2010, it resulted in 1.3 million deaths, or 18% of all deaths in those under five years, of which 95% occurred in the developing world.<ref name=Lancet11/><ref name="Develop11">{{cite journal |vauthors=Singh V, Aneja S |date=March 2011 |title=Pneumonia – management in the developing world |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1526054210000795 |journal=Paediatric Respiratory Reviews |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=52–59 |doi=10.1016/j.prrv.2010.09.011 |pmid=21172676}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Liu L, Johnson HL, Cousens S, Perin J, Scott S, Lawn JE, Rudan I, Campbell H, Cibulskis R, Li M, Mathers C, Black RE |date=June 2012 |title=Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality: an updated systematic analysis for 2010 with time trends since 2000 |url=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(12)60560-1/fulltext |journal=Lancet |volume=379 |issue=9832 |pages=2151–61 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60560-1 |pmid=22579125 |s2cid=43866899}}</ref> Countries with the greatest burden of disease include India (43 million), China (21 million) and Pakistan (10 million).<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Rudan I, Boschi-Pinto C, Biloglav Z, Mulholland K, Campbell H | title = Epidemiology and etiology of childhood pneumonia | journal = Bulletin of the World Health Organization | volume = 86 | issue = 5 | pages = 408–16 | date = May 2008 | pmid = 18545744 | pmc = 2647437 | doi = 10.2471/BLT.07.048769 }}</ref> It is the leading cause of death among children in [[low income countries]].<ref name=Lancet11/><ref name=CochraneTx13/> Many of these deaths occur in the [[neonatal|newborn]] period. The World Health Organization estimates that one in three newborn infant deaths is due to pneumonia.<ref name="garenne">{{cite journal |vauthors=Garenne M, Ronsmans C, Campbell H |year=1992 |title=The magnitude of mortality from acute respiratory infections in children under 5 years in developing countries |journal=World Health Statistics Quarterly |volume=45 |issue=2–3 |pages=180–91 |pmid=1462653}}</ref> Approximately half of these deaths can be prevented, as they are caused by the bacteria for which an effective vaccine is available.<ref>{{cite journal |date=June 1999 |title=Pneumococcal vaccines. WHO position paper |journal=Relevé Épidémiologique Hebdomadaire |volume=74 |issue=23 |pages=177–83 |pmid=10437429}}</ref> The [[Infectious Diseases Society of America|IDSA]] has recommended that children and infants with symptoms of CAP should be hospitalized so they have access to pediatric nursing care.<ref>{{cite web |title=Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Infants and Children |url=https://www.idsociety.org/practice-guideline/community-acquired-pneumonia-cap-in-infants-and-children/ |access-date=16 January 2023 |website=www.idsociety.org |language=en}}</ref> In 2011, pneumonia was the most common reason for admission to the hospital after an emergency department visit in the U.S. for infants and children.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Weiss AJ, Wier LM, Stocks C, Blanchard J | title = Overview of Emergency Department Visits in the United States, 2011 | journal = HCUP Statistical Brief No. 174 | publisher = Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | location = Rockville, MD | date = June 2014 | pmid = 25144109 | url = https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb174-Emergency-Department-Visits-Overview.jsp | url-status=live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140803154735/http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb174-Emergency-Department-Visits-Overview.jsp | archive-date = 3 August 2014 }}</ref>
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