JimO
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The populaton-based death rate in South Dakota is at 24 per million.
Source: http://doh.sd.gov/H1N1/PDF/11-20wklyrpt.pdf
SD Case Information (updated every Friday at http://doh.sd.gov/H1N1/surveillance.aspx)
Source: http://doh.sd.gov/H1N1/PDF/11-20wklyrpt.pdf
SD Case Information (updated every Friday at http://doh.sd.gov/H1N1/surveillance.aspx)
- SD influenza activity indicators continued to decrease for week ending Nov 14 but activity remains Widespread. 89 new lab-confirmed H1N1 cases, 22 hospitalizations, 2 deaths (cumulative numbers since Sept 1: 1,926 cases, 388 hospitalizations, 19 deaths)
- Median age of deaths 54 years, range 8 ? 96 years; deaths reported in Brookings 1, Brown 1, Buffalo 1, Clay 1, Codington 1, Davison 1, Minnehaha 2, Pennington 5, Shannon 2, Todd 1, Turner 1, Union 1, Walworth 1.
- 69% of confirmed cases, 49% of hospitalizations, 5% of deaths younger than 19.
- Outbreaks may occur in waves of about 6-12 week time periods, over a year or so after emergence of new flu virus; first wave usually smaller; followed by larger ?peak? wave. Subsequent smaller waves can occur as well.
- US saw first wave of H1N1activity in spring 2009; currently in second wave of H1N1.
- Not possible to predict how long activity will remain high, when wave will peak and when activity will decline; even after flu activity peaks during current wave, other waves of flu activity may occur ? from either H1N1 or regular seasonal flu viruses