CDC swine flu statistics
As of Thursday, August 6, 2009 the CDC has reported 436 deaths in the U.S. attributed to swine flu out of 6,506 cases reported. These figures were posted on the CDC website today.
One thing clearly different about this flu compared to the so-called “seasonal flu” that people have previously been exposed to is its relative virulence during the summer months. The chart below from the CDC shows the percentage of influenza-like illnesses (ILI) compared to the total number of illnesses reported by outpatients during the seasons 2006-2007 (blue line) 2007-2008 (green line) and this year (red line). While the winter spike from the 2007-2008 flu season (green) was a higher percentage of total cases reported than this year’s (red), this year’s level has remained higher during the summer months.
Chart of influenza-like illnesses as percentage of total illnesses. Source: CDC
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