UK: 607 confirmed fatalities due to influenza

[tetano]

Re: UK: 602 confirmed fatalities due to influenza

Tragic swine flu coma mum dies



Leanne Gunnell, 22, was misdiagnosed twice after falling ill last November.

When doctors eventually discovered she had swine flu she had already suffered serious lung damage and they were forced to take the radical step of putting her in a coma to offer her and her unborn baby the best chance of survival.

After the birth of baby Faith, Leanne improved and hopes she would recover rose.

But tests later revealed she had suffered brain damage and she died on Friday after suffering a massive brain haemorrhage.

Leanne's devastated father, Simon, yesterday paid tribute to his "precious little girl" who he said was an "angel".

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Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz1M1cTdCYL

[gsgs]

Re: UK: 602 confirmed fatalities due to influenza

Weekly provisional figures on deaths registered in England and Wales

Week number 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Week ended 11-Mar-11 18-Mar-11 25-Mar-11 01-Apr-11 08-Apr-11 15-Apr-11 22-Apr-11 29-Apr-11


Total deaths, all ages 9.648 9.842 9.707 9.312 9.557 9.327 8.335 8.064
Total deaths: average of corresponding 10.232 10.084 9.662 9.714 9.822 9.640 10.122 9.919
week over the previous five years1

Deaths by underlying cause2,3
All respiratory diseases (ICD-10 J00-J99) 1.412 1.412 1.467 1.333 1.370 1.308 1.199 ..
ICD-10 v 2010
Persons
Deaths by age group
Under 1 year 66 63 75 55 70 76 59 46
01-14 21 29 24 35 25 27 19 20
15-44 299 304 312 264 289 312 239 257
45-64 1.213 1.260 1.179 1.226 1.245 1.205 1.057 997
65-74 1.624 1.519 1.545 1.529 1.579 1.562 1.328 1.306
75-84 2.858 2.995 2.935 2.774 2.828 2.743 2.500 2.427
85+ 3.567 3.671 3.626 3.428 3.518 3.401 3.130 3.009
Males
Deaths by age group
Under 1 year 44 40 45 31 35 42 30 24
01-14 10 11 13 18 16 13 10 11
15-44 196 198 218 167 197 207 154 165
45-64 736 734 707 752 715 731 634 590
65-74 977 925 892 855 931 936 808 749
75-84 1.477 1.524 1.477 1.415 1.484 1.426 1.305 1.233
85+ 1.228 1.352 1.323 1.197 1.271 1.207 1.117 1.091
Females
Deaths by age group
Under 1 year 22 23 30 24 35 34 29 22
01-14 11 18 11 17 9 14 9 9
15-44 103 106 94 97 92 105 85 92
45-64 477 526 472 474 530 474 423 407
65-74 647 594 653 674 648 626 520 557
75-84 1.381 1.471 1.458 1.359 1.344 1.317 1.195 1.194
85+ 2.339 2.319 2.303 2.231 2.247 2.194 2.013 1.918

Deaths by area of usual residence Government Office Region4
North East 526 533 496 496 478 493 411 429
North West 1.295 1.279 1.291 1.322 1.310 1.305 1.171 1104
Yorkshire and The Humber 970 969 1.023 937 946 950 841 841
East Midlands 815 809 790 762 801 772 714 726
West Midlands 964 1.060 943 972 958 915 839 764
East 971 1.075 1.034 967 1.073 963 863 828
London 946 953 893 863 931 923 801 784
South East 1.461 1.523 1.519 1.425 1.481 1.402 1.268 1.161
South West 1.051 1.018 1.062 974 991 1.010 859 845
Wales 630 593 633 574 566 573 535 565

Footnotes

1 This average is based on the actual number of death registrations recorded for each corresponding week over the previous five years. Moveable public holidays, when register offices are closed, affect the number of registrations made in the published weeks and in the corresponding weeks in previous years.

2 Counts of deaths by underlying cause exclude deaths at age under 28 days.

3 Coding of deaths by underlying cause for the latest week is not yet complete.

4 Does not include deaths of those resident outside England and Wales or those records where the place of residence is either missing or not yet fully coded.

Source: Office for National Statistics

09433,09453,09648,09842,09707,09312,09557,09327,08335,08064   this season
10558,10483,10232,10084,09662,09714,09822,09640,10122,09916   average
01370,01379,01412,01412,01467,01333,01370,01308,01199,-----    respiratory

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Ok5cIxqyY0YJ:www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D6157.xls

where to get the whole series for this season
they should alo already have an estimate of this year's winter excess mortality
and how it compared to previous seasons and resp.total deaths


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copied from post #503
total deaths 2011, weeks 47,..,52,1,...,8:
9473,9220,11193,10880,11484,9689,12644,13133,11438 ,10555,10235,10019,9757,9433

average last 5 years: EWM=27110
9856,9898,10175,10454,10925,8825,12166,12540,11711 ,11032,10675,10442,10587,10558

-383,-678,+1018,+426,+559,+864,+478,+593,-273,-477,-440,-423,-830,-1125

weeks 49-08 12weeks out of 17.3 : +370
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Excess winter mortality is calculated as winter deaths (deaths occurring in December to March)
minus the average of non-winter deaths (April to July of the current year and August to November
of the previous year).

so they should have a very good estimate of this season by now - just redouble June-July from last year
from the weeks that we have in this thread I estimate it is less than last year which was already low

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could it be that these weekly data at

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=6157&More=Y

are being deleted after 8 weeks and noone including FT stores them ?
and only available in .xls , no charts

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: UK: 602 confirmed fatalities due to influenza

Swine flu victim was a ?great dad?, says family
Michael Armer who contracted swine flu

Published on Wednesday 18 May 2011 04:31


A devastated dad has described the moment he discovered his swine flu victim son?s body.


Michael Armer, 31, of Broadfield Drive, Leyland, was found dead on the sofa by dad Bernard at the family home in Leyland.

Speaking following an inquest into his death at Preston Coroners Court, on January 1 this year, his dad said: ?Michael said he couldn?t go out on New Year?s Eve because he was feeling so bad.

...

http://www.lep.co.uk/news/health/swine_flu_victim_was_a_great_dad_says_family_1_3389802

Overweight coach driver died from complications after becoming ill after swine flu
AN overweight coach driver died after becoming ill with swine flu, an inquest heard.

John Russel had returned from taking the Gloucestershire Police Male Voice Choir on a trip to the Isle of Wight when he became ill.

Despite the efforts of hospital staff in Gloucester, Cheltenham and a special treatment unit in Leicester, 50-year-old John Russel later succumbed to complications caused by pancreatitis.

Gloucestershire Deputy Coroner David Dooley heard that Mr Russel, of Cotswold View, Charfield, Wotton under Edge, had been a smoker for many years, and was overweight.

...

http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/news/Overweight-coach-driver-died-complications-ill-swine-flu/article-3565832-detail/article.html

[tetano]

Re: UK: 602 confirmed fatalities due to influenza

Family of swine flu dad call for better awareness

THE family of a dad who died of swine flu said people in Gloucester need to guard against the disease.

Steve Jackson, 57, of Westgate Street, died in January after a short battle with the illness.

Now, his children Shelley and Jack Jackson want to raise awareness of the flu bug.

Shelley, 25, from Quedgeley said: "My dad fell ill on Boxing Day. We saw him on Christmas Day but he had said he wasn't well.

"But then on Boxing Day his friend Paul, who lived in the same house, called and said he had collapsed and had been taken to hospital at about 9pm. We went to see him and he was a bit better and seemed normal.

"In the week he got a bit worse and the doctors said he had pneumonia."....

http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/news/Family-swine-flu-dad-better-awareness/article-3584744-detail/article.html

[tetano]

Re: UK: 602 confirmed fatalities due to influenza

Solihull patient died of swine flu after being taken to walk-in centre instead of A&E

A patient died from swine flu after being taken into a walk-in centre instead of A&E in a cost-cutting move by NHS chiefs, it has emerged.

Solihull NHS Primary Care Trust (PCT) urged paramedics to take more patients to walk-in centres instead of A&E in a bid to save the NHS ?75,000.

But within three months of it starting, a young adult with flu-like symptoms was taken to the walk-in centre and ended up dying from swine flu, an end of year project report to the PCT revealed.

Clare Rippin, PCT project manager, reported: ?Activity figures started to decrease from January due to two West Midlands Ambulance Service diverts to walk-in centres in Birmingham ending up with adverse events through no fault of the ambulance crews.

?One case was a young adult presenting with flu like symptoms, which ended up being a case of swine flu which was fatal.

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Read More http://www.birminghampost.net/news/w...#ixzz1NMAbeWP6

[gsgs]

Re: UK: 602 confirmed fatalities due to influenza

excess winter mortality seens to be lower than the year before
which was lower than average

deaths per quartal 2007-3rd 2010 are available, they should have pretty
good estmates for the next 2 quartals as well, but that was too tedious
for me to figure out

http://magictour.free.fr/panflu/ukq1.GIF

in the UK we have a mysterious decline in flu since ~2000
see here for deaths and the 2nd graph here for ILI,respiratory disease
(some respir.disease in 2008/9 other than ILI ?)

figure out the reason and export that decline !

[mixin]

Re: UK: 602 confirmed fatalities due to influenza

Remember how they also had the decline in Sparrows that year? I didn't ever read if they had decided the exact reason why.

Has the sparrow population rebounded?

[cartski]

Re: UK: 602 confirmed fatalities due to influenza

excess winter mortality seens to be lower than the year before
which was lower than average

in the UK we have a mysterious decline in flu since ~2000
see here for deaths and the 2nd graph here for ILI,respiratory disease
(some respir.disease in 2008/9 other than ILI ?)

figure out the reason and export that decline !

But there's a spike in weeks 17 and 18 - page 48 graph of excess mortality.

Look for a coding difference between 2000 and 2010 to examine the mystery. A difference in what is shown in the death certificate, which may be the raw source for the data, could explain the apparent decline.

J.

[tetano]

Re: UK: 607 confirmed fatalities due to influenza

Plymouth dad, 40, died of swine flu while waiting for an ambulance


A 40-YEAR-old dad died from swine flu while waiting for an ambulance, an inquest heard.

Father of four Darren Puzey of Whitleigh, collapsed and died at his girlfriend's home after several days of illness. His death came within 40 minutes of a GP visiting the flat in West Park.

The doctor said she would call for an ambulance when she returned to the surgery ? but he collapsed before help arrived, the inquest heard.

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Coroner Ian Arrow found Mr Puzey died of natural causes ? pneumonia triggered by swine flu.

...

He came to stay with her from December 30, and his health gradually deteriorated.

On January 2, an emergency doctor recommended he take ibuprofen and Paracetamol.

On the night of January 4 he looked like he was coughing up blood, and had diarrhoea and vomiting.

Ms O'Prey said that the following morning he was having difficulty breathing and looked grey. She telephoned the local GP surgery.

A locum GP arrived at 12.25pm. She examined Mr Puzey and said he should go to hospital. The doctor tried to call for an ambulance via Derriford Hospital but could not get through. The GP said she would call from the surgery, and an ambulance would arrive within one or two hours, the inquest heard. Ms O'Prey did not have her own transport.

Mr Puzey collapsed while Ms O'Prey was preparing clothes for him to wear to hospital. She dialled 999. Paramedics arrived within minutes and tried in vain to revive him.

...
She called ambulance control from the surgery about 40 minutes later and they informed her they had already received an emergency call from the address.

Mr Arrow said Mr Puzey may have been more vulnerable to infection due to issues with his liver, which a pathologist linked to alcohol intake.

The coroner said the patient had been up and mobile on the day of his death.

"He sadly collapsed and died within 40 minutes of seeing the doctor. That's a very rapid change," he said. It seems to me that if someone is ill it needs to be addressed quite quickly."

http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Dad-died-swine-flu-waiting-ambulance/article-3602754-detail/article.html

[tetano]

Re: UK: 607 confirmed fatalities due to influenza

Tragedy of first Scot to die from swine flu without pre-existing illness

A FORMER RAF medic died from swine flu despite not having other health problems, a fatal accident inquiry heard yesterday.

Bill Anderson was the first Scot to die from the condition without suffering from a pre-existing illness.

The 53-year-old, from Kirkcaldy, Fife, fell sick on September 4, 2009, shortly after returning from Tenerife with his wife Linda, 56.

He was given antibiotics and sent home by a doctor but he died four days later.

The Dunfermline Sheriff Court inquiry heard that swine flu had caused "adult respiratory distress syndrome" in Bill.

The pathologist who carried out the post mortem said there were "no other contributory factors".

Ibrahim Nawroz said that "large numbers" of people had been hit by swine flu but most people had not died and there remained very little known about the disease.

The inquiry is also examining the death of Joanne Winsborough, 33, an otherwise healthy mum from Kelty, Fife, who died in April 2009, a week after falling ill.

The inquiry continues.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/health-news/2011/05/28/tragedy-of-first-scot-to-die-from-swine-flu-without-pre-existing-illness-86908-23162472/

[tetano]

Re: UK: 607 confirmed fatalities due to influenza

NHS 24 issue apology after swine flu woman collapse at home

A SWINE flu victim has had a personal apology from the boss of NHS 24 for advice she said could have killed her.

Jane Howie, 40, collapsed in her home on Christmas Day last year after being ill for more than a week. She broke her ankle and lay unconscious for 15 hours.

When she came round, she rang NHS 24 to ask for an ambulance, explaining what had happened and that her lips were blue and her foot was white and cold to touch.

But she was told the ambulance service was busy with life-threatening calls.

Jane, who lives in a first floor flat, was told to make her own way to hospital.

She dialled 999 and an ambulance arrived within minutes. Paramedics found her blood pressure was dangerously low.

In hospital, she was diagnosed with the H1N1 virus and tests also revealed kidney damage.

Jane, of Dalkeith, Midlothian, spent four days in isolation in a high dependency unit before being sent home to recover.

She said: "If I had listened to the NHS 24 advice, the consequences could have been fatal."

She complained to NHS 24 bosses and chief executive John Turner has admitted her call was dealt with "in an inappropriate manner".

Offering a full apology, he said the call handler failed to give the NHS 24 senior nurse enough information.

He added that they "have taken steps to ensure there can be no reoccurence of this situation in the future".

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2011/05/30/nhs-24-issue-apology-after-swine-flu-woman-collapse-at-home-86908-23167059/

[tetano]

Re: UK: 607 confirmed fatalities due to influenza

My swine flu hell turned to joy when I woke and saw my new baby boy, says Annmarie McPhee

HAVING a baby is meant to be one of the happiest times of your life - but for pregnant Annemarie McPhee it was a battle for survival.

She was in a coma with swine flu and missed the birth of her child, who was delivered five weeks early by Caesarean section on Hogmanay.
annmarie mcphee and son robbie william Image 2

When Annemarie finally woke up two-and-a-half weeks later, she discovered she'd had a healthy baby boy when she saw photos of him taped to the end of her hospital bed.

Annemarie said: "I don't remember being surprised. I just remember thinking he must be my son.

"Somehow I knew I had a son. I hadn't known while I was pregnant if I was having a boy or a girl but everyone had been talking to me while I was in a coma, so maybe the news got through."


..

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/2011/06/06/my-swine-flu-hell-turned-to-joy-when-i-woke-and-saw-my-new-baby-boy-says-annmarie-mcphee-86908-23183441/

[tetano]

Re: UK: 607 confirmed fatalities due to influenza

Inquest jury?s task to unravel London mom?s death


Laura Straughan, 25, was a London mother of two young children with no criminal record, but some recent brushes with the law.

After her arrest in November 2009 for assault, she complained several times of feeling ill.

Once, unable to be awakened, she was taken to hospital where a doctor cleared her return to custody.

Nurses at Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre (EMDC) also checked her out. Corrections staff kept an eye on her.

But only five days after her arrest, she was taken to hospital again ? and declared dead.

A coroner?s inquest jury began Monday trying to figure out how a young woman could so quickly plummet into fatal pneumonia brought on by H1N1 flu while under the care of police, health care and corrections workers.

...

http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2011/06/06/18246296.html

[gsgs]

Re: UK: 607 confirmed fatalities due to influenza

2 Weekly provisional figures on deaths registered in England and Wales
3
4 Week number 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
5 Week ended 25-Mar-11 1-Apr-11 8-Apr-11 15-Apr-11 22-Apr-11 29-Apr-11 6-May-11 13-May-11
6
7
8 Total deaths, all ages 9,707 9,312 9,557 9,327 8,335 8,064 9,853 10,140
9 Total deaths: average of corresponding 9,662 9,714 9,822 9,640 10,122 9,919 9,221 9,017
10 week over the previous five years1
11
12 Deaths by underlying cause2,3
13 All respiratory diseases (ICD-10 J00-J99) ICD-10 v 2010 1,466 1,336 1,378 1,316 1,207 1,158 1,354 ..
14 Persons
15 Deaths by age group
16 Under 1 year 75 55 70 76 59 46 66 85
17 01-14 24 35 25 27 19 20 19 19
18 15-44 312 264 289 312 239 257 315 352
19 45-64 1,179 1,226 1,245 1,205 1,057 997 1,302 1358
20 65-74 1,545 1,529 1,579 1,562 1,328 1,306 1,598 1,665
21 75-84 2,935 2,774 2,828 2,743 2,500 2,427 2,953 2,964
22 85+ 3,626 3,428 3,518 3,401 3,130 3,009 3,600 3,697
23 Males
24 Deaths by age group
25 Under 1 year 45 31 35 42 30 24 41 45
26 01-14 13 18 16 13 10 11 11 9
27 15-44 218 167 197 207 154 165 205 241
28 45-64 707 752 715 731 634 590 787 824
29 65-74 892 855 931 936 808 749 906 961
30 75-84 1,477 1,415 1,484 1,426 1,305 1,233 1,580 1,528
31 85+ 1,323 1,197 1,271 1,207 1,117 1,091 1,298 1,309
32 Females
33 Deaths by age group
34 Under 1 year 30 24 35 34 29 22 25 40
35 01-14 11 17 9 14 9 9 8 10
36 15-44 94 97 92 105 85 92 110 111
37 45-64 472 474 530 474 423 407 515 534
38 65-74 653 674 648 626 520 557 692 704
39 75-84 1,458 1,359 1,344 1,317 1,195 1,194 1,373 1,436
40 85+ 2,303 2,231 2,247 2,194 2,013 1,918 2,302 2,388
41
42 Deaths by Region of usual residence 4
43 North East 496 496 478 493 411 429 543 504
44 North West 1,291 1,322 1,310 1,305 1,171 1,104 1,324 1328
45 Yorkshire and The Humber 1,023 937 946 950 841 841 1,009 985
46 East Midlands 790 762 801 772 714 726 805 848
47 West Midlands 943 972 958 915 839 764 1,028 968
48 East 1,034 967 1,073 963 863 828 997 1,108
49 London 893 863 931 923 801 784 923 907
50 South East 1,519 1,425 1,481 1,402 1,268 1,161 1,479 1,716
51 South West 1,062 974 991 1,010 859 845 1,069 1,128
52 Wales 633 574 566 573 535 565 654 616

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9707,9312,9557,9327,8335,8064,9853,10140,8949,9163 ,7913,9254,8961
9662,9714,9822,9640,10122,9919,9221,9017,9373,9309 ,8339,9322,8985

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Ok5cIxqyY0YJ:www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D6157.xls

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7PZ38fy51dMJ:www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D6157.xls+www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D6157.xls&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&source=www.google.com

4 Week number 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
5 Week ended 29-Apr-11 6-May-11 13-May-11 20-May-11 27-May-11 3-Jun-11 10-Jun-11 17-Jun-11
6
7
8 Total deaths, all ages 8,064 9,853 10,140 8,949 9,163 7,913 9,254 8,961
9 Total deaths: average of corresponding 9,919 9,221 9,017 9,373 9,309 8,339 9,322 8,985
10 week over the previous five years1
11
12 Deaths by underlying cause2,3
13 All respiratory diseases (ICD-10 J00-J99) ICD-10 v 2010 1,173 1,373 1,380 1,148 1,219 1,010 1,124 ..
14 Persons

total deaths 2011, weeks 47,..,52,1,...,8:
9473,9220,11193,10880,11484,9689,12644,13133,11438 ,10555,10235,10019,9757,9433

average last 5 years: EWM=27110
9856,9898,10175,10454,10925,8825,12166,12540,11711 ,11032,10675,10442,10587,10558

-383,-678,+1018,+426,+559,+864,+478,+593,-273,-477,-440,-423,-830,-1125

weeks 49-08 12weeks out of 17.3 : +370

Weekly provisional figures on deaths registered in England and Wales

Week number 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Week ended 11-Mar-11 18-Mar-11 25-Mar-11 01-Apr-11 08-Apr-11 15-Apr-11 22-Apr-11 29-Apr-11


Total deaths, all ages 9.648 9.842 9.707 9.312 9.557 9.327 8.335 8.064
Total deaths: average of corresponding 10.232 10.084 9.662 9.714 9.822 9.640 10.122 9.919
week over the previous five years1

Deaths by underlying cause2,3
All respiratory diseases (ICD-10 J00-J99) 1.412 1.412 1.467 1.333 1.370 1.308 1.199 ..
ICD-10 v 2010 


weeks 12-24
9707,9312,9557,9327,8335,8064,9853,10140,8949,9163,7913,9254,8961 
9662,9714,9822,9640,10122,9919,9221,9017,9373,9309,8339,9322,8985 
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+45,-402,-265,-313,-1787,-1855,+632,+1123,-424,-146,-426,-68,-24

England and Wales had last winter about 2600 fewer deaths than the average of the last 5 years.

[gsgs]

Re: UK: 607 confirmed fatalities due to influenza

2012.01.06,...,2012.03.09
11343,10393,10320,10117,10287,10532,11086,10945,10507 (10614)
12851,11813,11054,10615,10317,10402,10327,10158,09962 (10833)

2000 fewer deaths in england this year in the first 9 weeks than the average of the last 5 years

more deaths than average in weeks 6-9: +130,+759,+787,+545
flu peaked in week 7 this season, but ILI cases were low