Influenza-associated excess respiratory mortality in China, 2010-15: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The estimation of influenza-associated excess mortality in countries can help to improve estimates of the global mortality burden attributable to influenza virus infections. We did a study to estimate the influenza-associated excess respiratory mortality in mainland China for the 2010-11 through 2014-15 seasons.

Methods

We obtained provincial weekly influenza surveillance data and population mortality data for 161 disease surveillance points in 31 provinces in mainland China from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention for the years 2005-15. Disease surveillance points with an annual average mortality rate of less than 0·4% between 2005 and 2015 or an annual mortality rate of less than 0·3% in any given years were excluded. We extracted data for resp

SUBMITTER: Li L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8736690 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature