Hospital Infection Statistics: 90,000 Deaths

Center for Disease Control (CDC): "Each year in the United States an estimated 2 million hospitalized people acquire infections that result in more than 90,000 deaths."

2,610: Number of deaths infants in 2000 linked to preventable infections acquired in U.S. hospitals.

500: Estimated number of U.S. children whose deaths in 2000 were linked to germs spread by nurses shuttling among patients.

200: Estimated number of newborns killed each year because hospitals have not bought catheters that cost an extra $5.

4,712: Illinois cases in which people became ill from hospital-born germs in 2000 without entering a medical facility.

3,510: Infectious disease cases in Illinois in 2000 that were not reported to the state as required by federal law.
332: Number of those cases that resulted in death.

A Chicago Tribune investigation revealed: Deaths linked to hospital infections represent the fourth leading cause of mortality among Americans, behind heart disease, cancer and strokes. These infections kill more people each year than car accidents, fires and drowning combined.

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