Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 13.
Published in final edited form as: Math Biosci Eng. 2011 Jan;8(1):95–112. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2011.8.95

Table 1.

Parameter values with sources.

Parameter Ages Value Reference

Basic reproductive ratio (ℛ0) 1.4 [3, 4, 12, 16, 20]
[31, 34, 35, 36, 42]

Overall vaccination coverage
for Nov 1 peak 20.5%*] [8]
for Dec 1 peak 30.1% By assumption
for Jan 1 peak 41.0% By assumption
for Feb 1 peak 41.0% By assumption

Latent period all 3 days [22]

Infectious period all 4 days [22]

Proportion of infections that become symptomatic (p) all 0.67 [14, 17, 25, 44]

Population distribution 0–4 0.0691
(Nk(0)/N (0)) 5–19 0.2027
20–44 0.3437
45–64 0.2567
65+ 0.1278

Proportion of population who are at high risk (ξk) 0–4 7.61% [27]
5–19 12.38%
20–44 19.88%
45–64 30.41%
65+ 50.15%

Proportion of population who have remote H1N1 immunity (χk) 0–4 0.00% [24]
5–19 0.00%
20–44 7.50%
45–64 7.50%
65+ 33.00%

Case fatality ratio (dk) 0–4 0.026% [32]
5–19 0.030%
20–44 0.159%
45–64 0.159%
65+ 0.090%

Case hospitalization ratio (hk) 0–4 2.45% [32]
5–19 0.93%
20–44 3.00%
45–64 3.00%
65+ 1.84%

Vaccine efficacy against infection (δk) 0–4 75.9% [19]
5–19 75.9%
20–44 75.9%
45–64 68.5%
65+ 66.1%

Vaccine efficacy against death (κk) 0–4 75% [28]
5–19 75%
20–44 70%
45–64 70%
65+ 60%
*

Age-specific vaccination coverage is shown in Table 2.