Instructions world health organization total death counts by for world by cause. To remove all countries click clear. See names of causes in far left column.
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The centers for disease control and prevention estimates that so far this season there have been at least 15 million flu illnesses for the 2019 2020 season 140 000. The common flu causes up to 5 million cases of severe illness worldwide and kills up to 650 000 people every year according to the world health organization in the us. Most countries in the south of the region had rates greater than 100 per 100 000.
Across sub saharan africa the rates are much higher. Across europe the death rate is less than one per 100 000. Most countries have a rate of less than 10 deaths per 100 000 often much lower below 5 per 100 000.
Influenza more commonly known as the flu is a highly contagious viral. In 2018 there were 23 deaths from influenza and pneumonia per 100 000 population an increase from previous years. An estimated 80 000 americans died of flu and its complications last winter.
The 2017 2018 flu season was one of the deadliest in decades according to the cdc. However it could equal or surpass the 2018 2019 season s. This year s flu season is shaping up to be possibly less severe than the 2017 2018 season when 61 000 deaths were linked to the virus.
During the 2017 2018 season the percentage of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza p i was at or above the epidemic threshold for 16 consecutive weeks.
Death rate 2018 flu deaths per year chart. These page includes information about the estimated burden of influenza from past seasons including tables of the estimated influenza disease burden and 95 credible interval cr i by age group. The flu infects millions of people every year and kills thousands during the 2018 19 flu season about 35 million people in the us contracted the flu and about 34 000 died according to the cdc. We also combined data from the 2017 18 and 2018 19 flu seasons which start in october in the cdc data to show the total number of deaths in 2018. The numbers in the chart represent how many.
This system provides an overall indication of whether flu associated deaths are elevated but does not provide an exact number of how many people died from flu.
This system provides an overall indication of whether flu associated deaths are elevated but does not provide an exact number of how many people died from flu. The numbers in the chart represent how many. We also combined data from the 2017 18 and 2018 19 flu seasons which start in october in the cdc data to show the total number of deaths in 2018.
The flu infects millions of people every year and kills thousands during the 2018 19 flu season about 35 million people in the us contracted the flu and about 34 000 died according to the cdc. These page includes information about the estimated burden of influenza from past seasons including tables of the estimated influenza disease burden and 95 credible interval cr i by age group.
