Can people die from the flu

How do people die from the flu?

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Most who die develop pneumonia and drown in their own fluids. In this flu, most of the deaths are among healthy youngish adults. The other scenario is if the person has health problems already and the flu aggravates things beyond repair; li…

How many people die from the flu?

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You may have heard that the flu kills over 30,000 Americans every year. That is simply not true. Government statistics lump flu and pneumonia deaths together, but flu deaths are only a small fraction of the total. For example, in 2002 whe…

Why do People Die from the Flu?

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According to the Center for Disease Control, the influenza virus is responsible for 36,000 deaths per year in the United States (this year, however, the estimate is 90,000, due to swine flu), with over 90% of said deaths occurring in the el…

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How many people in an average year die from swine flu?

Q: This is for a class project. i don’t care how many people have died in 2009. I’ve been trying to find out in an average year, with out any pandemics or anything like that, how many people die from swine flu?

A: I think you have a misunderstanding about the question of the class project. There’s no average year for this Influenza A “swine” flu because it’s new. Your project might ask about average influenza deaths per year and those are up to 500 000 per year worldwide.Regarding “yarpa darpa”‘s long answer: It’s amazing that you quote and wrote so much and yet could get it so wrong.The designation H1N1 has nothing to do with “the first virus of the year”. The designations have to do with the proteins that are part of the influenza virus and the different genes it has to express these.The reason why it was called “swine flu” first was that the strand was 2 parts swine influenza, 1 part human influenza, and 1 part avian influenza, so it caught on like that. However, when all this confusion arose about pigs and pork and several countries rushed to kill thousands of healthy pigs they decided to change the name, because it’s an inaccurate name that leads plenty of people to the wrong conclusions. Nevertheless, this swine/human/avian Influenza A H1N1 IS a new influenza virus.On the contrary the seasonal influenza this year is human influenza A (H1), A (H3), and B.

How many people die each year from ‘seasonal’ flu?

Q: Around 29 people from a total of 55,000 people in the UK have died from Swine flu. That’s about 0.1%. I would love to know roughly how many people die each year from ‘seasonal’ flu. And if that was given a new name and it was brought to are immediate attention by the media, would we be worrying about that?

A: In 2008, 6000 people dies from seasonal flu, in the last flu epidemic in 1999-2000 20,000 people died from it. Thats all I know sorry.

What kind of people die from the Swine Flu?

Q: Who dies from Swine Flu? Is it just the old and frail or can it also kill healthy people? Is anyone else scared shitless like me?

A: In the US, no one has died from this flu; cases here have been mild. There are 1400 cases thus far (among billions of people). All 20 reported deaths are in Mexico. Always, the very young, the physically compromised, and the elderly are at greatest risk. Here is a summary of things you can do to avoid this (and any other) flu: http://www.ehow.com/how_4932277_avoid-swine-flu-infection.htmlHere, same site, how to avoid swine flu PANIC: http://www.ehow.com/how_4933117_avoid-swine-flu-panic.htmlDo what you can to reduce your exposure, and stay informed. Right now, there is much more concern about the potential of the virus to mutate into something more dangerous, or to spread quickly enough to overwhelm health care systems. We’re NOT there, yet, and may not GET there. Panic NOT!