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Brazil: Mortality rate is lower than in US, Chile, and Argentina

Shiloh

Editor, Senior Moderator
Brazil reported one more death today...total is now 34.

Source: http://www.ansa.it/ansalatina/notizie/notiziari/brasil/20090726174834921094.html

Google translation:

MORTALITY RATE BY SMALLER THAN INFLUENZA IN ARGENTINA AND USA

BRASILIA, 26 (ANSA) - The Brazilian Health Minister Jose Gomes Tempor?o, said the influenza A/H1N1 virus was spread through the country but in Brazil the mortality is lower than in Argentina, Chile and United States.
"The mortality rate of the new flu in Brazil is the lowest in the world, 0.01 per 100 thousand inhabitants, while in Chile is 0.40, Argentina 0.34 and 0.08 for each United States 100 thousand, "said the minister.

Anyway the official said the government "supports the development of a new condition in real time" and acknowledged that after an initial phase in which patients were mostly from abroad now the virus is circulating in the country.
So far, the Brazilian authorities reported 1566 cases of influenza flu with 33 deaths: 16 in the state of S?o Paulo, 11 in Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro on 5 and 1 in the state of Paran?. DFB
26/07/2009 17:48
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Re: Brazil: Mortality rate is lower than in US, Chile, and Argentina

Curious calculation.... 33/1566*1000=21.xxxx (2%...) sic!
 
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