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. 2016 Nov 18;13(4):867–876. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2016.1251537

Table 3.

Burden of seasonal influenza in Canada expressed as probabilities of outcomes.

Source Disease Population Age (years) p(antiviral|flu) p(antibiotics|flu) p(hosp|flu) p(ICU|flu) p(MV|flu)
Fanella 201163 Seasonal influenza A or B Under 18 years; median = 1.08 13.0% 26.1% 66.0%
Moore 200660 Influenza Children; median = 1.7 7.0% 77.0% 12.0% 6.2%
Tran 201234 Seasonal influenza A Hospitalized Children; mean = 3.4 6.1% 69.9% 12.7% 54.5%
Aguirre 201143 Seasonal influenza A Under 18 years; mean = 5.6 5.0% 35.0% 0.9%
CCDR 200661 Influenza Under 17 years 6.6% 69.3% 12.3% 6.4%
Mitchell 201336 Influenza During pH1N1 Mean = 46.5 89.6% 76.9% 25.7%
Mitchell 201336 Influenza Pre-H1N1 Mean = 66.1 39.8% 65.7% 12.6%
Mitchell 201336 Influenza Post-pH1N1 Mean = 69.7 79.9% 75.0% 12.6%
Wilkinson 201040 Seasonal influenza A or B Mean = 57.0 42.0% 82.0% −2006/07 or 2007/08: 9.0% −2008/09: 30.0%
Hassan 201239 Influenza 15-day mortality Hospitalized Median = 65.0 66.0% 91.0% 55.0%
McGeer 200926 Influenza Community-acquired Mean = 67.0 29.0% 9.0%
McGeer 200926 Influenza Hospital-acquired Mean = 67.0 75.0% 9.0%
McGeer 200935 Influenza ICU admission Median = 73.0 40.0% 90.0%
McGeer 201227 Influenza Hospitalized; post-pH1N1 Median = 76.0 72.0% 84.0% 19.0% 9.4%
McGeer 201227 Influenza Hospitalized; pre-pH1N1 Median = 77.0 39.0% 82.0% 19.0% 11.0%
McGeer 200724 Influenza Hospitalized Adults; mean = 77.2 32.0% 89.0% 16.0%
McGeer 200724 Influenza Hospitalized Under 15 years 1.0%
Church 200228 Influenza A Elderly; mean = 82.0 69.2% 53.5% 1.30%
Bowles 200229 Influenza A/H3N2/Sydney/05/97 LTC Elderly 35.0% 11.0%
O'Riordan 201042 Seasonal influenza A Hospitalized Children; median = 3.3 14.0% – 10.0%– ICU: 68.0%
Pollock 201237 pH1N1 or ILI Remote FN region Mean = 6.1 16.1%
Cutler 200956 ILI   Mean = 20.1 0.0%

Note: flu, influenza; hosp, hospitalization; FN, First Nations; ICU, intensive care unit; ILI, influenza-like illness, LTC, long-term care; MV, mechanical ventilation; NR, not reported; pH1N1, pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm2009.