Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: EpiCentro, Full PDF Document (in Italian) (LINK). Extracts, edited.]
FluNews - Weekly Epidemiological Update - no. 20 ? March 8-14 2010 - Week 10
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Pandemic H1N1 2009 mortality trend
The Mortality surveillance system describes the epidemiology of influenza A/H1N1pdm deaths, the link with underlying health conditions and for possible changes in the epidemiological pattern.
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FluNews - Weekly Epidemiological Update - no. 20 ? March 8-14 2010 - Week 10
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Pandemic H1N1 2009 mortality trend
The Mortality surveillance system describes the epidemiology of influenza A/H1N1pdm deaths, the link with underlying health conditions and for possible changes in the epidemiological pattern.
- during the last surveillance week (march 8-14) one additional fatal case has been reported. Cumulatively, there were 242 fatalities due to influenza A/H1N1pdm virus infection. Of these, 41,3% were women.
- the most representative age-groups for fatal outcome are: those in their 15-55 years of age (33,5% of the total), and those in their 45-64 years of age (33,1%)
- the Region accounting for the higher number of fatalities is Campania (21,5% of the total); other regions are: Apulia (Puglia, 15%), Piedmont (Piemonte) and Sicily (Sicilia) both with 10% of the total fatalities; Calabria and Lazio follow with 6%. Valle d'Aosta and Sardinia (Sardegna) haven't reported a single death.
- among the fatal cases, 80,5% of the patients had at least one of the underlying health conditions considered as risk factor for a poor outcome.
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