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. 2013 Dec 24;30(1):100–110. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czt101

Table 2.

Historical pandemics and the cost per death averted for a stockpile of 1 million courses adjusting outcomes according to historical pandemic intervals

Pandemic Strain Pandemic year Pandemic intervala (years) Cost per DALY averted (US$)
Swine Flu H1N1 2009 41 978
Hong Kong Flu H3N2 1968 11 112
Asian Flu H2N2 1957 39 846
Spanish Flu H1N1 1918 29 410
Russian Flu Unknown 1889 59 3599
Unknown 1830 49 1745
Unknown 1781 52 2169
Unknown 1729
Mean 30 1409

aYears since previous pandemic.