Table 3.

Comparisons of Pandemic-Related Mortality Rates Derived From Excess Mortality Models and Mexican Institute for Social Security Reports of Laboratory-Confirmed Deaths by Age, April–December 2009, Mexico

	Death rate per 100 000 population
Age group	Excess P&I	Excess respiratory	Excess R&C	Excess all-cause	IMSS laboratory-confirmeda
<5 years	2.09	2.57	1.75	5.52	1.53
5–19 years	0.86	1.10	1.35	2.36	0.61
20–59 years	5.71	6.55	7.56	12.59	2.13
>60 years	4.84	10.45	30.63	38.79	0.92
All ages	3.88	4.91	7.15	11.15	1.54

Abbreviations: P&I, pneumonia and influenza; R&C, respiratory and cardiac; IMSS, Mexican Institute for Social Security.

^aA total of 585 deaths were reported to Mexican Institute for Social Security during April–December 2009, corresponding to a population of 38 million.