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. 2011 Oct 1;13(10):698–701.

Table 2: History of long term conditions and other risk factors among the patients dying from pandemic A/H1N1. Numbers in parentheses indicate number of patients with single long term condition or risk factor.

Risk factor No. (%)
Respiratory:
Asthma 4 (3)
COPD 8 (6)
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1 (1)
Cardiac:
Hypertension 9 (1)
Ischemic Cardiovascular Disease 1 (0)
Heart Failure 5 (1)
Other 1 (1)
Endocrine:
Diabetes mellitus 13 (2)
Hematological:
Fanconi anemia 1 (1)
Β-thalassemia major 2 (1)
Malignancy 5 (5)
Other 1 (1)
Neurological:
Cerebral palsy 3 (3)
Down syndrome 5 (4)
Epilepsy 2 (2)
Stroke 1 (0)
Renal:
Chronic kidney disease 5 (2)
Gastrointestinal:
Celiac Disease 1 (1)
Rheumatologic Disease 1 (1)
Pregnancy 11 (10)
Drugs:
Chronic corticosteroid consumption 2 (0)
Addiction 1 (1)