This is found on the CDC website .
Why do you think they have it on there ????
This is death rates, just for children who died from the flu, not for adults:
During the 2003-04 season, 153 flu-associated deaths in children were reported to CDC. (This data was collected by CDC.)
During the 2004-05 season, 47 deaths in children were reported to CDC. (This is the first year that influenza mortality in children became a nationally reportable condition.)
During the 2005-06 season, 46 deaths in children were reported to CDC.
During the 2006-07 season, 76 deaths in children were reported to CDC.
As of June 14, 2008, 83 deaths in children occurring during the 2007-08 season have been reported to CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/season.htm
Flu Deaths in Children
Flu-associated deaths in children (defined as persons aged 18 years and younger) first became a nationally notifiable condition during the 2004-05 flu season and are reported through the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS). The number of flu-associated deaths among children reported during the 2007-08 flu season can be found at http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/fluactivity.htm.
How many children have died from flu-associated complications during previous flu seasons?
During the 2003-04 season, 153 flu-associated deaths in children were reported to CDC. (This data was collected by CDC.)
During the 2004-05 season, 47 deaths in children were reported to CDC. (This is the first year that influenza mortality in children became a nationally reportable condition.)
During the 2005-06 season, 46 deaths in children were reported to CDC.
During the 2006-07 season, 76 deaths in children were reported to CDC.
As of June 14, 2008, 83 deaths in children occurring during the 2007-08 season have been reported to CDC.
(Note: The counts above are of flu-associated deaths among children according to the flu season the deaths occur, not when they are reported to CDC.)
Influenza death reported in Tulsa County
Tulsa Health Department officials have confirmed that a Tulsa County resident under the age of 18 has died from influenza A.
Further laboratory tests will be needed to confirm if the influenza A strain is H1N1 (swine) flu. It is not known at this time if the child had any underlying health conditions.
“The tragic loss of a child in our community is a reminder of how important it is to continue working on ways to prevent further spread of influenza. My deepest sympathies are offered to the child’s family,” stated Interim Director Reggie Ivey.
To be honest, I’m about the only person asking questions around here. You post this stuff, but you don’t have clue one what it means.
For instance, the CDC says tens of thousands of people die from Influenza each year, specifically 36,000 on average. It also states that Children are one of two specific high risk groups.
Despite this, you see no conflict in the data whatsoever. Tens of thousands of people die, but only a handful of children, despite them being in the high risk group.
Nope, you keep linking folks to the CDC site where it says only about 50 to 150 kids die each year from the influenza.
I’ve addressed this before, but you don’t find this interesting at all. You just keep linking people to the lowest figures you can find, so that this year can be made to look as austere as possible. I don’t think that is productive.
You’re posting every single news article on H1N1 you can find. Why it looks pretty bad until you realize that if we had reported every flu case in prior years, those would have been quite alarming as well.
Tens of thousands of people died in those years. Hundreds of thousands if not millions came down with the flu. If we had been reading moment by moment reports on those cases, it would have been quite alarming.
I’m just not sold on the idea that we are in the early stages of a full blown pandemic and that significantly more people are going to die this year than did in other years.