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Increased respiratory infections in the country
According to epidemiological data, there was only a slight decrease in gastrointestinal infection diseases, 559 cases less than 6 thousand according to the comparative 2008 and 2009.
Sun, 24/01/2010 - 18:59
Mexico .- Acute respiratory infections suffered an increase greater than 30 percent, going from 23 million 710 thousand 214 cases in 2008, a total of 30 million 849 thousand 742 in late 2009.
Of the amount of respiratory infections, 69 thousand 674 are for the H1N1 virus, since last April to cut by 20 January 2010. Only in the first week of January, from 3 to 9, there were 46 notifications of A/H1N1 and only 3 of the so-called seasonal flu.
For the secretary of Health, more than 10 to 20 million Mexicans who had contact with the virus without clinical manifestations, and the application of 30 million vaccines, "it is estimated that half the population is immune, which would decrease contagion.
"That way, the H1N1 will become seasonal and is likely to be manufactured a single vaccine for seasonal influenza viruses, thus affecting resource savings," he said, after inviting people to apply the dose being serguridad and low levels of reactions.
He recalled that Mexico will start to produce the vaccine from 2012, in collaboration with a transnational laboratory, responsible for producing the antigen in a plant being built in Ocoyoacac, with an investment of 100 million euros. The Mexican laboratory, called National Laboratory Biological and reagents of the Health Ministry, for its part, will do the packaging and production.
Regarding mortality, the trend is to high because of the 931 deaths recorded in the report of 18 January, ran to 944, according to court on 20 January 2010, it means an aggregate of 13 dead.
According to
the Ministry of Health, 62 deaths were recorded in April and 72 May, 7 June, 82 July, 36 August, 170 September, 314 October, 143 in November and 47 December and 11 in January so far .
The state of Michoacan is one that registers the highest rate of cumulative mortality, 9 in total within three days, bringing the figure went from 11 to total 20, and in the case of Jalisco went from 43 to 45 deaths confirmed.
Based on the epidemiological report, in the Federal District recorded 132 deaths, State of Mexico 117, Oaxaca 51, Puebla, Baja California 47, San Luis Potosi 45, Chiapas, Guanajuato 39, Nuevo Le?n 33; Chihuahua 32; Aguascalientes 31; Queretaro 30, Hidalgo 28; Zacatecas 27 and Veracruz 25.
Just as, Yucatan 18; Tamaulipas and Morelos 16 each, Sonora 14; Guerrero, Coahuila, Tlaxcala and 13 deaths in each entity, Durango and Sinaloa 12 each, Baja California Sur and Nayarit 11 each; Tabasco 3, Quintana Roo 2; Campeche 1, and Colima 1.
Of the deaths, 480 are men and 464 women. A total of 157 were children from birth to 15 days younger than 19 years.
The first fatality from the virus H1N1 was registered on April 10 in the Federal District in a 24 and single, and, most recently, had on 8 January 2010: a woman with a partner, a native Mexico State and whose age, 54 years, and one is also female, Nuevo Leon, with 41 years of age.
The report said 482 people killed were married, 299 single, 94 lived in Free Union, 29 were widowed, 16 divorced, and 24 is not specified.
Of those killed, 39.6 percent, ie 374, lacked conditioning risk factors, were completely healthy people. The 60.4%, representing 570 people, if they had morbid obesity, uncontrolled diabetes, suffered from chronic degenerative disease, or were smokers.
With regard to 69 thousand 674 confirmed infections, the Federal District has 7 thousand 94; San Luis Potosi 4 thousand 377; State of Mexico has declined (4 thousand 300 a 4 mil 280); Jalisco 4 thousand 223 (is the entity with the bulk of infections faster, 30 percent), Nuevo Leon 4 thousand 047; Chiapas 3 thousand 661, Yucat?n with 3 thousand 298; Michoacan 2 thousand 902; Veracruz 2 thousand 401; Sonora 2 thousand 379, Tamaulipas 2 thousand 306 , Oaxaca 2 thousand 244.
Entities with less number of cases are 184 Campeche, Coahuila 409, Sinaloa 631, Quintana Roo 702, Morelos 729 and Baja California Sur 859.
Blanca Valadez