[IndispensableDestiny]

It’s more likely that the 6515 number is in error. That number does not appear in the report you linked to. Only 55,672 for “Influenza and pneumonia.”

[DouglasKC]

It’s more likely that the 6515 number is in error. That number does not appear in the report you linked to. Only 55,672 for “Influenza and pneumonia.”

It was in the first link in the original post...it's not a mistake: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/flu.htm

Scroll down the page a bit.