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. 2016 Oct 20;2(2):e161. doi: 10.2196/publichealth.5901

Table 1.

Summary of weekly Influenza-like Illness count data for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Google, Twitter, and Wikipedia, 2012-2015 influenza seasons.


Influenza season CDCa ILINetb Google Twitter Wikipedia
2012-2013

MMWRc Weeks (counts/week) 33 33 33 33

Mean 19,049 4121 8096 47,541

Min 7317 1286 2558 29,865

Max 39,896 10,555 22,935 114,919
2013-2014

MMWR Weeks (counts/week) 33 33 33 33

Mean 16,574 2274 5826 25,039

Min 9033 1339 1196 17,885

Max 28,654 5008 10,506 36,935
2014-2015

MMWR Weeks (counts/week) 34 34 34 34

Mean 19,940 2549 2900 21,918

Min 9289 1144 451 12,958

Max 40,664 6911 8709 35,232

aCDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

bILINet: United States Outpatient Influenza-like Illness Surveillance Network.

cMMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.