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. 2013 Nov 26;10(11):e1001558. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001558

Table 1. Participating countries for which GLaMOR estimated all-cause, cardiorespiratory, or respiratory pandemic-associated mortality (Stage 1) or which were used to evaluate performance of global projection methods (Stage 2).

WHO Region (Number of Countries) Country Income Levela Data Years Outcomeb Detailc Virology Source Percent World Population
Countries for which GLaMOR made all-cause, cardiorespiratory, or respiratory Stage 1 estimates
Africa (1) South Africa Upper middle 2003–2009 AC,CR,R Monthly FluNet 0.7
Eastern Mediterranean (0)
Europe (9) Denmark High 1998–2009 AC Weekly FluNet 0.1
Israel High 2004–2009 AC,CR,Rd Weekly Israel 0.1
France High 1998–2009 AC,CR,R Weekly FluNet 0.9
Germany High 1998–2009 AC,CR,R Weekly Germany 1.3
Poland Upper middle 2003–2009 AC,CR,R Weekly FluNet 0.4
Romania Upper middle 2005–2009 AC,CR,R Weekly EuroFlu 0.3
Slovenia High 2003–2009 AC,CR,R Weekly FluNet 0.1
Spain High 2000–2009 AC,CR,R Weekly Spain 0.7
UK High 2000–2009 AC,CR,R Weekly UK 0.9
Americas (4) Argentina Upper middle 2001–2009 AC,CR,R Monthly FluNet 0.6
Chile Upper middle 2002–2009 AC,CR,R Weekly FluNet 0.2
Mexico Upper middle 2000–2009 AC,CR,R Weekly FluNet 1.6
US High 2000–2009 AC,CR,R Weekly FluNet 4.6
South-East Asia (0)
Western Pacific (7) Australia High 2003–2009 AC,CR,R Weekly FluNet 0.3
Chinae Lower middle 2004–2009 AC,CR,R Weekly China 19.5
Hong Kong High 1999–2009 AC,CR,R Weekly Hong Kong 0.1
Japan High 1998–2009 AC,CR,R Weekly FluNet 1.9
New Zealand High 2000–2009 AC,CR,R Weekly FluNet 0.1
Republic of Korea High 2003–2009 CR,R Weekly FluNet 0.7
Singapore High 2007–2009 CR,R Weekly Singapore, FluNet 0.1
Validation countries to evaluate performance of Stage 2 projection methods
Americas (3) Brazil Upper middle NA R Weekly NA 2.8
Canada High NA R Weekly Canada 0.5
Peru Upper middle NA R Monthly Peru 0.4
Europe (1) Netherlandsf High NA R Weekly Netherlands 0.2
South-East Asia (1) Bangladeshg Low NA R NA Bangladesh 2.1
a

Income level in 2009 [28].

b

Underlying cause of mortality: AC, all cause; CR, cardiorespiratory (ICD-10 I and J codes); R, respiratory (ICD-10 J codes).

c

Standard request was for age groupings: 0–4, 5–14, 15–44, 45–64, 65–84, and ≥85 y of age.

d

Did not include influenza with pneumonia.

e

Data from multiple surveillance settings representing rural and urban areas across China [14].

f

Respiratory mortality estimated by Netherlands team based on estimated all-cause pandemic mortality [13].

g

Respiratory mortality estimated by Bangladesh team using a novel method combining virology surveillance and verbal autopsy data [45].

NA, not available.