The Conversation: Children Flu Deaths

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Children Flu Deaths

While relatively rare some children die from flu each year. But while the US.

Influenza Associated Deaths Among Children In The United States 2003 2004 Nejm

During the 2018-19 flu season the CDC reported approximately 480 flu deaths among children ages 0-17 about 30 of whom had a lab-confirmed case of influenza.

Children flu deaths. Since 2004-2005 flu-related deaths in children reported to CDC during regular flu seasons have ranged from 37 to 188 deaths. One pediatric flu death has been reported so far this season compared with 92 reported at the same point in last years flu season. Bacterial co-infections were more common among otherwise healthy children than among children with a high-risk medical condition.

CDC began tracking flu-associated pediatric deaths after the 2003-2004 flu season a season that like the current flu season started early and was intense. Flu A viruses were associated with the majority of deaths in children 65 while flu B viruses accounted for 33 of deaths. This excludes the 2009 pandemic when 358 pediatric deaths from April 15 2009 through October 2 2010 were reported to CDC.

Six pediatric deaths occurred so far this season all. This seasons death toll is a marked decline from the 2019-2020 flu season when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 195 children died. About two-thirds of the deaths were due to influenza B viruses which are known to cause severe illness in children.

Flu death data for the whole US. Conversely each death due to COVID-19 is being recorded. Since that time reported pediatric deaths.

And 35 of these children died before being admitted to the hospital. Population is hard to compile quickly but CDC officials keep a running count of deaths of children. In addition it took a high toll on children.

Children ages 4 and under have been hospitalized at a rate of 889 per 100000 children the highest on. Furthermore 63 of these children died within seven days of the onset of the flu symptoms. It hit kids especially hard.

In the 2009 pandemic of H1N1 swine flu that new strain killed 282 children and 358 children in total died from. A total of 17743 laboratory-confirmed flu cases have been reported the Public Health Agency of Canada said in its weekly FluWatch report. Comparably 90 American youth have.

On rare occasions children die from the flu. The numbers you see and hear about are not estimates. CNN So far this season105 children have died from the flu according to data released Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Therefore numbers from the last two flu seasons are not considered final just yet. This shows the speed with which flu can kill with its complications. During the 2009 H1N1 pandemic 358 pediatric flu-related deaths were reported to CDC from April 2009 to September 2010 It is noteworthy that among reported pediatric deaths about 80 of those.

In the 2003-2004 season 153 pediatric deaths were reported to CDC from 40 states. Of the 63 confirmed child deaths from the flu. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC between 2004-2018 pediatric flu.

Since flu-associated deaths in children became a nationally notifiable condition in 2004 the total number of flu-associated deaths among children during one season has ranged from 37 during the 2011-2012 season to 186 during the 2017-18 season as of April 19 2019. 15 2018 -- As in the past most children who have died of the flu so far this season had not been vaccinated according to the CDC. Last season 110 children died from flu in the US.

12 occurred in children younger than 6 months and thus too young to get a flu vaccine 57 107 deaths occurred in children 5-17. Among the 188 reported pediatric flu deaths. So you can see.

They continue to update the data on their website as they collect it. Flu-associated pediatric deaths became nationally reportable the following season. Hospitalization rates for children also are unusually high.

Each flu season the CDC estimates deaths from the flu based on in-hospital deaths and death certificate data. 43 81 occurred in children younger than 5 years old 12 occurred in children younger than 6 months and thus too young. What this indicates is that being an infant toddler or a child itself is a high-risk profile.

Hit a milestone of 195 pediatric flu deaths during the 2019-20 season officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are currently aware of only one child in the.

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