While infection rates are similar the death rate from covid 19 is significantly higher than the flu according to the centers for disease control and johns hopkins. 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.
In a given season. Cdc uses modeling to estimate the number of influenza illnesses medical visits flu associated hospitalizations and flu associated deaths that occur in the u s. Each year cdc estimates the burden of influenza in the u s.
From the centers for disease control and prevention page called disease burden of influenza. Us influenza statistics by flu season. This statistic shows the estimated mortality rate due to.
The cdc estimated an influenza mortality rate of 100 per 100 000 persons for those aged 65 years and older during the 2017 2018 flu season. So far more than 6 percent of people with coronavirus cases have died around 52 times. In 2019 the cdc reported that 0 1 percent of people who contracted the flu in the united states died.
Overall the cdc estimates that 12 000 and 61 000 deaths annually since 2010 can be blamed on the flu. However it could equal or surpass the 2018 2019 season s 34 200 flu related deaths. From october 2018 to may 2019 the flusurv net data accounted for about 7 000 influenza associated deaths which cdc ultimately used to estimate 34 200 total deaths for the 2018 2019 flu season.
For the past several years cdc has estimated the numbers of influenza illnesses medical visits hospitalizations and deaths 1 4 the methods used to calculate the estimates have been described previously 3 cdc uses the estimates of the burden of influenza in. This web page provides estimates on the burden of influenza in the united states for the 2018 2019 influenza season. Because influenza surveillance does not capture all cases of flu that occur in the u s cdc provides these estimated ranges to better reflect the larger burden of influenza.
The week of april 4 was the last week in season influenza burden estimates will be provided for the 2019 2020 season.
