Table 1. Total mortality and mortality associated with influenza-like-illness (ILI) and influenza in four study sites, by age group, Bangladesh, 2009.
| Characteristic | Study site (five unions per site) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kishoreganj | Bogra | Comilla | Barisal | |
| Children aged < 5 years | ||||
| No. of ILI-associated deaths | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Total no. of deaths | 11 | 22 | 32 | 28 |
| Population | 10 040 | 17 150 | 25 000 | 19 298 |
| Influenza-associated mortalitya | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| People aged 5–59 years | ||||
| No. of ILI-associated deaths | 22 | 25 | 26 | 34 |
| Total no. of deaths | 254 | 197 | 362 | 185 |
| Population | 62 533 | 108 481 | 156 861 | 120 233 |
| Influenza-associated mortalitya | 8.0 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 7.0 |
| People aged > 59 years | ||||
| No. of ILI-associated deaths | 38 | 42 | 60 | 78 |
| Total no. of deaths | 289 | 285 | 477 | 358 |
| Population | 5 409 | 7 721 | 12 432 | 9 960 |
| Influenza-associated mortalitya | 126 | 98 | 87 | 141 |
a Estimated, in deaths per 100 000, from the proportion of inpatients with ILI who were tested and confirmed to be infected with influenza virus at the hospital whose catchment area included the given study site.