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Influenza mortality and excess deaths in the elderly, 1967–82

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

M. J. W. Sprenger ,
M. A. M. G. Van Naelten ,
P. G. H. Mulder  and
N Masurel
M. J. W. Sprenger
Affiliation:
Department of Virology and WHO Influenza Centre, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam
M. A. M. G. Van Naelten
Affiliation:
Department of Regional Planning, Faculty of Policy Sciences, Catholic University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen
P. G. H. Mulder
Affiliation:
lnstitute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
N Masurel
Affiliation:
Department of Virology and WHO Influenza Centre, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam
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This study assessed the influence of influenza on mortality from heart and lung diseases in people over 70 years of age. The data used were obtained from the Dutch Bureau of Statistics. With a regression model, the observed monthly mortality from heart and lung diseases (influenza not included) in people over 70 years is explained with a yearly variable, a monthly variable and the overall monthly number of influenza mortality cases, assuming that monthly mortality has a Poisson distribution. The monthly excess mortality from heart and lung diseases (influenza not included) due to influenza among elderly people (> 70 years) is estimated.

Type
Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 103 , Issue 3 , December 1989 , pp. 633 - 641
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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