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Current Influenza Statistics Report for Week Ending October 17, 2009

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Senior Moderator
<table style="height: 0px; width: 516px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="height: 768px; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 321px;" rowspan="2">• 18.3% of patients statewide met the criteria for
influenza-like illness<sup>1</sup> (ILI) for the current
reporting week, which is an increase from the
16.1% (436/2701) reported during the week
ending Oct. 10;
• 49.1% of patients seen for ILI by sentinel
physicians were in the 5-24 year age group; and
• The Public Health Laboratory (PHL) tested 109
specimens, of which 88 (80.7%) were positive
for influenza. All of the positive specimens were
confirmed as swine-origin influenza A (H1N1).

Influenza Hospitalization and Mortality Surveillance September 1 - October 17, 2009:
• 504 reported cases of influenza-associated
hospitalizations;
• 308 (61%) of the 504 hospitalizations were in
patients less than 19 years of age;
• 58 patients have been admitted to the ICU, of
which 20 (34%) patients were under 19 years of
age;
• 31 (6%) hospitalization were pregnant women;
• 5 influenza-associated deaths were reported
during October 11 – 17, 2009 resulting in a total
of 11 deaths since influenza mortality
surveillance began on September 1, 2009:
o Reported deaths were among individuals in
the following age groups: 4 were children less
than 19 years of age; 5 were adults 25-49
years of age; 1 was an adult 50-64 years of
age; 1 was an adult 65 years and older; and
o County of residence: Carter, Cleveland (2),
Tulsa (4), Comanche, Oklahoma, LeFlore,
and Noble.
<sup>1</sup>Influenza-like illness is defined as having a fever (>100°F) combined with a cough and/or a sore throat
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Change in Proportion of Influenza-like Illness Reported by Sentinel Physicians by Region


Weekly Percent of Influenza-like Illness Based on Total Patient Visits to Sentinel Clinicians

Number of Influenza Hospitalizations by Age Group - Current Week

Cumulative Number of Influenza Hospitalizations by Age Group

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Number of Reported Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations and Deaths,
Oklahoma, September 1 - October 17, 2009

<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="516px"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align: center;" width="34%">Number of New Hospitalizations for Week Ending* October 17, 2009</td> <td style="text-align: center;" width="33%">Cumulative Hospitalizations Since September 1, 2009</td> <td style="text-align: center;" width="33%">Cumulative Deaths
Since September 1, 2009</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;" width="34%">181</td> <td style="text-align: center;" width="33%">504</td> <td style="text-align: center;" width="33%">11</td> </tr> </tbody></table> * These units correspond to the number of weeks in a year and allow for a comparison between multiple seasons


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