Surveillance Data
Mortality
The City is monitoring reportable influenza deaths and combined pneumonia and influenza deaths during the 2009-2010 influenza season.
Influenza Deaths in New York City
August 30, 2009 through January 30, 2010
| |
Newly Identified
Since Last Report |
Cumulative
Deaths to Date |
| < 65 years |
3 |
29 |
| > 65 years |
0 |
10 |
Deaths listed are those reported by a healthcare provider as being due to influenza on the death certificate, or those identified by matching the death registry with influenza-positive reports from laboratories and healthcare providers. These include deaths from all types of influenza virus. As many people who have influenza are never tested for influenza, these data likely underestimate the number of influenza deaths in New York City.
Pneumonia and Influenza Deaths among
People Less Than 65 Years Old
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Pneumonia and Influenza Deaths among
People 65 Years and Older
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Every year, approximately 2,000 New Yorkers die from pneumonia and influenza. This combined category - a standard designation used by vital registries - includes pneumonia deaths not caused by influenza. But the weekly number of "P&I" deaths follows a seasonal pattern driven largely by the ebb and flow of influenza. If this fall's P&I pattern diverges from the usual one, the difference may reflect differences in the types of influenza viruses circulating, or in the severity of illness that one or more of them causes. Trends are shown for people under age 65 and people age 65 and over.
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