Health written question – answered at on 14 May 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2007, Official Report, column 805W, on avian influenza, what information her Department holds on the percentage fatality rates for the pandemic influenza outbreaks of (a) 1918-19 (H1N1), (b) 1957 (N2N2) and (c) 1968 (H3N2).
holding answer
Contemporary Ministry of Health estimates of deaths were as detailed in the table. These should be taken as indicative only. In particular, it is difficult to establish case fatality rates with certainty as many cases of influenza would not have been recorded.
Deaths (England and Wales) | Mortality rate (rounded) ( percentage ) | Case fatality rate (rounded estimate) ( percentage ) | |
1918-19 | 200,000 | 0.5 | 2 |
1957 | 30,000 | 0.06 | 0.2 |
1968-69 | 80,000 | 0.15 | 0.4 |
Yes0 people think so
No0 people think not
Would you like to ask a question like this yourself? Use our Freedom of Information site.