Table 1.

 Variable civilian mortality in various island populations during the 1918–1920 influenza pandemic grouped by island and ethnicity

Group and location	Percent mortality from total population	Reference
Europeans on Fiji	1·4 of 4800	39
Half Europeans on Fiji	2·8 of 2700	39
Indians on Fiji	4·2 of 61 000	39
Fijians on Fiji	5·7 of 91 000	39
Others on Fiji	6·9 of 4200	39
Caucasians on Hawaii	0·3 of 55 000	17
Chinese on Hawaii	0·3 of 24 000	17
Japanese on Hawaii	0·4 of 109 000	17
Filipinos on Hawaii	0·7 of 21 000	17
Hawaiians on Hawaii	1·1 of 24 000	17
Samoans on Western Samoa	22 of 38 000	13
Samoans on American Samoa	0·0	13
Polynesians on French Polynesia	16·3 of 15 300	16
New Caledonians	0·0	35
Nauru indigenous population	18 of 1174	31
Pacific migrant labor on Nauru	39 of 251	31
Chinese migrant labor on Nauru	1 of 599	31
Caroline Islanders on Saipan	0·4 of 1500	12
Chamorros on Saipan	12 of 1500	12
Chamorros on Guam	6·6 of 13 000	13