Pneumonia and Influenza Mortality -- United
States, 1988-89 Season
The proportion of deaths associated with pneumonia and influenza
(P&I)
reported from 121 U.S. cities has now exceeded the epidemic
threshold
for 3 successive weeks (from the week ending January 28 through the
week ending February 11). Seventy- eight percent of the P&I deaths
reported have occurred in persons greater than or equal to65 years
of
age.
Reported by: Epidemiology Office and Influenza Br, Div of Viral
Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases; Div of Surveillance and
Epidemiologic Studies, Epidemiology Program Office, CDC.
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