Table 2.
Seasonal incidence rates for general practitioner (GP) diagnoses, hospitalisations and deaths per 100 000 population, averaged across all age groups, 2010/2011–2019/2020
| Influenza | Pneumonia and influenza | Predominant circulating straina | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | GP diagnoses | Hospitalisation | Deaths | GP diagnoses | Hospitalisation | Deaths | |
| 2010/11 | 71.4 (62.1–81.4) | 6.1 (3.9–9.0) | 0.2 (0.1–0.3) | 197.8 (123.4–297.4) | 104.1 (41.4–201.9) | 9.8 (2.2–26.5) | A (H1N1) |
| 2011/12 | 18.6 (14.7–23.1) | 0.6 (0.4–1.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.1) | 151.6 (71.4–277.0) | 115.7 (38.3–259.4) | 12.4 (2.4–36.0) | A (H3N2) |
| 2012/13 | 29.4 (24.0–25.6) | 1.4 (0.9–2.2) | 0.1 (0.0–0.2) | 171.2 (82.6–307.6) | 134.5 (43.8–304.4) | 14.0 (2.5–42.0) | A (H1N1) |
| 2013/14 | 10.0 (8.6–11.6) | 1.2 (0.7–1.8) | 0.1 (0.0–0.2) | 140.1 (63.2–262.9) | 131.7 (43.1–297.5) | 11.7 (2.3–34.0) | A (H1N1) |
| 2014/15 | 16.5 (12.8–20.9) | 4.1 (1.9–7.5) | 0.4 (0.1–1.0) | 184.4 (82.5–347.5) | 175.4 (56.1–401.0) | 18.5 (3.5–54.6) | A (H3N2) |
| 2015/16 | 17.8 (14.8–21.2) | 6.8 (4.0–10.5) | 0.4 (0.2–0.8) | 192.2 (92.3–346.4) | 184.3 (64.1–402.8) | 15.3 (3.1–43.2) | A (H1N1) |
| 2016/17 | 16.0 (9.5–24.8) | 7.4 (3.0–14.8) | 0.4 (0.1–1.1) | 204.4 (88.0–394.6) | 191.0 (61.1–436.4) | 16.1 (2.9–47.9) | A (H3N2) |
| 2017/18 | 54.4 (33.4–82.6) | 32.6 (13.1–65.5) | 1.8 (0.4–5.1) | 272.5 (121.9–513.7) | 219.6 (71.6–496.9) | 18.8 (3.7–54.5) | B and A (H3N2) |
| 2018/19 | 39.5 (26.3–56.6) | 26.2 (13.2–46.0) | 0.9 (0.2–2.5) | 240.9 (110.1–448.2) | 205.5 (70.9–450.8) | 13.3 (2.6–38.3) | A (H1N1) |
| 2019/20 | 32.1 (20.4–47.6) | NA | NA | 241.6 (110.4–449.7) | NA | NA | A (H3N2) |
95% confidence intervals (in parentheses) derived from Quasi-Poisson model. Hospitalisation and death data were only available for 2010/2011–2018/2019 influenza seasons.
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Data on predominant circulating strains were sourced from: Public Health England, Annual flu reports (2021) (available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-flu-reports).