Global Seasonal Influenza Mortality Estimates: A Comparison of 3 Different Approaches.

ABSTRACT: Prior to updating global influenza-associated mortality estimates, the World Health Organization convened a consultation in July 2017 to understand differences in methodology and implications for results of 3 influenza mortality projects from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Netherlands Institute for Health Service Research's Global Pandemic Mortality Project II (GLaMOR), and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). The expert panel reviewed estimates and discussed differences in data sources, analysis, and modeling assumptions. We performed a comparison analysis of the estimates. Influenza-associated respiratory death counts were comparable between CDC and GLaMOR; the IHME estimate was considerably lower. The greatest country-specific influenza-a

SUBMITTER: Cozza V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8218989 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature