200-250 Flu Deaths in the Past 5 Years-Maeil Economic Daily Securities Center



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The number of deaths from influenza in the past five years ranged from 200 to 250.

Representative Shin Hyun-young (Democratic Party), member of the Health and Welfare Committee of the National Assembly, announced on the 26th that this was the result of the analysis of the mortality rate from influenza in the last 10 years through the data from death statistics from the National Statistics Office.

The number of deaths due to influenza per year was 154 in 2009, 95 in 2010, 71 in 2011, 99 in 2012, 42 in 2013, 124 in 2013, 238 in 2015, 223 in 2016, 262 in 2017, 720 in 2018, 252 in 2019, etc. Death statistics are written by the physician in charge of death from influenza (flu) on the death certificate and can be considered as a case that has demonstrated a direct relationship with death from influenza.

According to the results of the analysis, the mortality rate from influenza tends to increase gradually in the last 10 years, but in the last 5 years it shows a similar pattern between 200 and 250 people. However, in 2018 alone, the death toll of 720 people has skyrocketed, and there is a limit to conclude that flu deaths have increased dramatically from the data alone, as there are cases where deaths are counted as deaths. from pneumonia, even if death is diagnosed with the flu. However, it is possible that the number of related deaths has increased from the previous year due to the impact of the cold wave in 2017-2018, and the variables whose prediction accuracy of influenza vaccines also differs each year may have influenced by the increase in the influenza death rate in 2018. It is also possible that the number of deaths from influenza in 2019 has decreased compared to 2018, as the number of cases of vaccination with trivalent influenza vaccines, but recently vaccinated with quadrivalent influenza vaccines, which have higher virus coverage, has been a positive factor. It can be considered.

In general, the number of deaths from influenza each year increases from December, peaks in January-February of the following year, and decreases in March-April.

In particular, in the year of infectious disease outbreaks such as swine flu (2009) and MERS (2015), the number of deaths from flu was 154 and 238, respectively. It cannot be judged as a significant difference.

Representative Shin Hyun-young said: “In a situation where many people are concerned about the influenza vaccine due to reports of death cases after influenza vaccination, it is particularly important for crisis management communication. “. It is unfortunate that there is a limit to clearly distinguishing the cause of death from pneumonia and pneumonia. Representative Shin also said: “Since the influenza outbreak itself from 2019 to 2020 has been relatively reduced due to the influence of Corona 19, influenza vaccination and hygiene management in accordance with the principles of the era of infectious diseases are important for public health.In addition, the government aims to determine the cause of death after accurate vaccinations.We believe that it will be necessary in the long term to build a systematic system of the company.

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