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Seasonal flu kills approximately 36,000 _Americans_ annually. Confirmed deaths worldwide for the 2009 H1N1 flu: 5,382 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pan
by ikitat 17y ago
Seasonal flu kills approximately 36,000 _Americans_ annually. Confirmed deaths worldwide for the 2009 H1N1 flu: 5,382
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic
- gregwebs 17y agoThat number for deaths (5,382) is for influenza in general, not H1N1. If you download the referenced source, it states that in 2009 there were less than 300 confirmed h1n1 cases admitted to intensive care worldwide.
- ikitat 17y agoI'm sorry, but the heading on table 2 reads: Table 2. Reported number of new and cumulative confirmed fatal Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza cases in EU and EFTA countries, as 23 October 2009, 09:00 hours CEST, and in the rest of the world by country, as of 22 October 2009, 16:00 hours CEST. The total at the bottom of the table is: 5,382 Perhaps you are reading that the total in EU alone is 269?
- gregwebs 17y agoYeah, that was wrong. I was trying to get some real numbers from the report, and having trouble understanding it. I am still unsure of what the real number is. For example, the Brazil number they use is 1,368, but earlier it states that there were 645 deaths with confirmed pandemic influenza.