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Published: November 22, 2008
12,500 to 50,000
Tampa Bay area residents contracting flu each year
250 million
Americans who should get annual flu shot
36,000
Annual flu-related deaths in United States
226,000
Annual flu-related hospitalizations
11 percent
Florida children ages 6 months to 2 years getting annual flu vaccine
20 percent
Florida adults ages 18 to 49 getting annual flu vaccine
34 percent
Florida adults ages 60-64 getting annual flu vaccine
63.5 percent
Florida seniors 65 and older getting annual flu vaccine
Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the American Lung Association
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