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Editor, Senior Moderator
CALGARY
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During the pandemic, 72 influenza-related deaths were reported to Alberta Health and Wellness.
A recent public health report probing the province?s H1N1 deaths expanded the review to 123 potential cases after linking reported cases to Vital Statistics records.
The report, from the office of the chief medical officer of health, concluded that 64 Albertans died directly as a result of being infected with the flu, leading to a mortality rate of 1.77 deaths per 100,000.
The influenza mortality rate, though, for 2009, was just the third highest for the period between 1983 and 2010.
The analysis echoed previous studies of H1N1, in that the strain proved fatal for patients younger than those who typically succumb to influenza. The average age of Albertans who died of the disease was 53.8, roughly three decades younger than is typical during an influenza season.
Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Deadly+2009+under+study/6428731/story.html#ixzz1rWJK9vZC
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During the pandemic, 72 influenza-related deaths were reported to Alberta Health and Wellness.
A recent public health report probing the province?s H1N1 deaths expanded the review to 123 potential cases after linking reported cases to Vital Statistics records.
The report, from the office of the chief medical officer of health, concluded that 64 Albertans died directly as a result of being infected with the flu, leading to a mortality rate of 1.77 deaths per 100,000.
The influenza mortality rate, though, for 2009, was just the third highest for the period between 1983 and 2010.
The analysis echoed previous studies of H1N1, in that the strain proved fatal for patients younger than those who typically succumb to influenza. The average age of Albertans who died of the disease was 53.8, roughly three decades younger than is typical during an influenza season.
Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Deadly+2009+under+study/6428731/story.html#ixzz1rWJK9vZC