Middle East: number of deaths and death rate by country
So far, at least 1080 people have died of H1N1 virus in Middle Eastern countries, which returns an average death rate of 3.80 per million inhabitants
Number of deaths are based on ECDC's recent report, with some updates added. Population figures are as of 2009
1 Israel 7374000 (78) - 10.57
2 Oman 2845415 (30) - 10.54
3 Kuwait 2985046 (27) - 9.04
4 Bahrain 791473 (7) - 8.85
5 West Bank and Gaza 2761000 (23) - 8.33
6 Syria 21906156 (127) - 5.79
7 Qatar 1409423 (8) - 5.67
8 Turkey 74815703 (415) - 5.54
9 Saudi Arabia 25720605 (124) - 4.82
10 Jordan 6316432 (16) - 2.53
11 Iran 74195741 (147) - 1.98
12 United Arab Emirates 4598600 (6+)* - 1.30
13 Iraq 30747296 (40) - 1.30
14 Lebanon 4223553 (5) - 1.18
15 Yemen 23580220 (27) - 1.14
Total 284270663 (1080) - 3.80
*Updates of UAE's number awaited (last report from 8 Sep, or so)
So far, at least 1080 people have died of H1N1 virus in Middle Eastern countries, which returns an average death rate of 3.80 per million inhabitants
Number of deaths are based on ECDC's recent report, with some updates added. Population figures are as of 2009
1 Israel 7374000 (78) - 10.57
2 Oman 2845415 (30) - 10.54
3 Kuwait 2985046 (27) - 9.04
4 Bahrain 791473 (7) - 8.85
5 West Bank and Gaza 2761000 (23) - 8.33
6 Syria 21906156 (127) - 5.79
7 Qatar 1409423 (8) - 5.67
8 Turkey 74815703 (415) - 5.54
9 Saudi Arabia 25720605 (124) - 4.82
10 Jordan 6316432 (16) - 2.53
11 Iran 74195741 (147) - 1.98
12 United Arab Emirates 4598600 (6+)* - 1.30
13 Iraq 30747296 (40) - 1.30
14 Lebanon 4223553 (5) - 1.18
15 Yemen 23580220 (27) - 1.14
Total 284270663 (1080) - 3.80
*Updates of UAE's number awaited (last report from 8 Sep, or so)