35,000 per year die from the flu in the US. I expect it will come out that H1N1 has a lower death rate than other types.
The death rate with the typical seasonal flu is about 0.2% and it’s mostly in the old and infirm.
H1N1 has a death rate of.....surprise.....0.2%, unfortunately, it’s mostly in the young.
And of course 0.2% can mean just a few or a whole lot of deaths depending on how many catch it.