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Influenza mortality rate during the 2024/25 flu season in the United States, by age group

Characteristic	Rate per 100,000 population
All ages	13.2
0-4 years	2.3
5-17 years	0.7
18-49 years	2
50-64 years	15.3
65+ years	13.2

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November 2025

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2024 to 2025 flu season

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The mortality rate from influenza in the United States is by far highest among those aged 65 years and older. During the 2024/25 flu season, the mortality rate from influenza for this age group was around 52 per 100,000 population.

The burden of influenza

The impact of influenza in the U.S. varies from season to season, but in the 2023-2024 flu season, there were an estimated 40 million cases. These cases resulted in around 470,000 hospitalizations. Although most people recover from influenza without requiring medical treatment, the disease can be deadly for young children, the elderly, and those with weakened immune systems or chronic illnesses. During the 2023-2024 flu season, around 28,000 people in the U.S. lost their lives due to influenza.

Impact of vaccinations

The most effective way to prevent influenza is to receive an annual vaccination at the beginning of flu season. Flu vaccines are safe and can greatly reduce the burden of the disease. During the 2022-2023 flu season, vaccinations prevented around 2,479 deaths among those aged 65 years and older. Although flu vaccines are usually cheap and easily accessible, every year a large share of the population in the U.S. still does not get vaccinated. For example, during the 2022-2023 flu season, only about 35 percent of those aged 18 to 49 years received a flu vaccination.