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Pennsylvania 2010-2011 Season: Weeks 42-35 (Summary)

Re: Pennsylvania 2010-2011 Season: Weeks 42-14 (Two New Deaths; Total 85)

Re: Pennsylvania 2010-2011 Season: Weeks 42-14 (Two New Deaths; Total 85)

Week 14: Local activity
2 new deaths (one occurring in week 14); total 85

Flu-related Emergence Department (ED) visits are nearly down to baseline throughout the state.
ILI: 1.5%
Only thirty (30%) of all specimens from people with flu-like illness tested at the state lab during week 14 were positive for influenza. This means there are other viruses co circulating with influenza at this time and which are causing most of the flu-like illness.

Nearly half of flu viruses currently circulating are the influenza type B (45%) with the A/H3N2 and A/H1N1 causing the other half.

319 flu cases were reported during week 14, down from 477 cases reported the previous week. Most of the recent flu cases occured in the western region of the state. Altogether, 18680 flu cases have been reported this season.
31 influenza hospitalizations were reported during week 14, down from 38 the previous week. Altogether 1496 flu hospitalizations have been reported this season, slightly more than (1390) the number reported during the 2009 A/H1N1 pandemic.
3 individuals with influenza were admitted to Intensive Care Units in Pennsylvania during week 14, same as the previous week. Altogether, 153 ICU admissions have been reported this season. A majority (70%) of severy ill individuals were not vaccinated.
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=557490&mode=2
 
Re: Pennsylvania 2010-2011 Season: Weeks 42-19 (Three Additional Deaths; Total 88)

Re: Pennsylvania 2010-2011 Season: Weeks 42-19 (Three Additional Deaths; Total 88)

Week 19: Local (although it says sporadic in text)
3 additional deaths; total 88

Influenza (flu) activity in Pennsylvania is now categorized as SPORADIC; isolated cases of flu continue to be reported in some parts of the state but there is no increase in lab confirmed flu or flu-related illneses.
Flu-related Emergence Department (ED) visits are down to baseline throughout the state. 1% (about 1 out of every 100) outpatient Visits to doctors reported by sentinel physicians were for flu-like illnesses (IILI), which is far below the state baseline (2.4%).

None of all respiratory specimens tested at the state lab during week 19 were positive for influenza. This means there are other viruses co circulating with influenza at this time and which are causing most of the flu-like illness.

Two thirds of all viruses currently circulating are the influenza A/H3(75%) with the A/H1N1 and flu type B causing the other 15%. 22 flu cases were reported during week 19, down from 32 cases reported the previous week. It is typical to see this amount of illness this time of the year. Season-to-date, 19, 095 flu cases have been reported this season compared during the 2009/10 season and cases the season before .

One influenza hospitalization was reported during week 19, down from 3 the previous week. Altogether 1569 flu hospitalizations have been reported this season, slightly more than (1390) the number reported during the 2009 A/H1N1 pandemic.

No influenza death was reported during week 19. Season-to-date, 88 flu deaths have been reported compared to 80 deaths reported by this time during the 2009 pandemic. Whereas most of the flu deaths during the 2009 pandemic were among children, a majority of deaths this season have been among the elderly (>65years).
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=557490&mode=2
 
Re: Pennsylvania 2010-2011 Season: Weeks 42-35 (Summary)

SUMMARY:
90 influenza-related deaths were reported, including 6 among children (<18 years). The median age at death was 65 (range 0-99) years.

Of 19, 190 cases reported last season:
? Median age was 51 (range 0-99) years

? 152 were pregnant women?a third of these (49/32%) were hospitalized and 2 died

? 101 cases of all flu reports were among health care workers.

1, 594 influenza hospitalizations were reported. The median age for hospitalizations was 51 (range 1-99) years:

? There was no evidence of vaccination in a majority of individuals who were hospitalized with the flu.

? The elderly (>65 years) accounted for 21% of all flu cases, 45% of all hospitalizations and 55% of all deaths.
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=557490&mode=2
 
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