U.S. Pediatric Deaths 3/6/11 - total 504 - season - 77

[hawkeye]

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145

a new death in Ohio today.

Another Ohio H1N1 Death Reported
Friday, October 9, 2009 8:34 AM
Updated: Friday, October 9, 2009 11:10 AM

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus Public Health Department confirmed Friday that a 14-year-old Columbus boy died from complications of H1N1 influenza.

Jon Fowler died from complications of the virus on Thursday at Nationwide Children's Hospital, ONN affiliate WBNS-10TV News reported.

[JimO]

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I had the University of Miami-Ohio student (18-yo) on the list, but removed him due to reports that he did not have H1N1. However, a child subsequently died in Ohio, so the Ohio total stands at 1. But, that represents 6 new deaths since the last tally. This is nearly double the 76 deaths being widely reported.

Alabama 2
Alaska 2
Arizona 7
Arkansas 2
California 26
Colorado 6
Connecticut 1
Delaware 0
Florida 10
Georgia 4
Hawaii 1
Idaho 1
Illinois 3
Indiana 1
Iowa 0
Kansas 2
Kentucky 1
Louisiana 4
Maine 0
Maryland 2
Massachusetts 1
Michigan 0
Minnesota 3
Mississippi 3
Missouri 1
Montana 0
Nebraska 1
Nevada 0
New Hampshire 0
New Jersey 3
New Mexico 3
New York 10
North Carolina 2
North Dakota 0
Ohio 1
Oklahoma 2
Oregon 1
Pennsylvania 0
Rhode Island 1
South Carolina 3
South Dakota 0
Tennessee 7
Texas 20
Utah 3
Vermont 0
Virginia 2
Washington 1
Washington, D.C. 0
West Virginia 1
Wisconsin 4
Wyoming 0
American Samoa 0
Puerto Rico* 0
Virgin Islands 0
Guam 1

Total 149

[Dr.Beltran]

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Do you have the ethnic profile of these deaths?

[JimO]

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No. In fact, it's been tough just finding out whether they are under 18. Some states are showing the number of deaths from 0-4 and from 4-24. I have gender data on some, but not all and ages for even fewer.

[Chuck]

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There is ethnic information on the first 36 pediatric deaths in the MMWR surveillance report on Sept. 4.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5834a1.htm

[JimO]

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Four more since yesterday. I fear that the number in Week 40 may be even higher than we saw in Week 39. Our count shows around 20 in the past seven days.

Alabama 2
Alaska 2
Arizona 7
Arkansas 2
California 26
Colorado 7
Connecticut 1
Delaware 0
Florida 10
Georgia 5
Hawaii 1
Idaho 1
Illinois 3
Indiana 1
Iowa 0
Kansas 2
Kentucky 1
Louisiana 4
Maine 0
Maryland 2
Massachusetts 1
Michigan 0
Minnesota 3
Mississippi 3
Missouri 1
Montana 0
Nebraska 1
Nevada 0
New Hampshire 0
New Jersey 3
New Mexico 3
New York 10
North Carolina 2
North Dakota 0
Ohio 1
Oklahoma 2
Oregon 2
Pennsylvania 0
Rhode Island 1
South Carolina 3
South Dakota 0
Tennessee 8
Texas 20
Utah 3
Vermont 0
Virginia 2
Washington 1
Washington, D.C. 0
West Virginia 1
Wisconsin 4
Wyoming 0
American Samoa 0
Puerto Rico* 0
Virgin Islands 0
Guam 1

Total 153

*Still no age data from Puerto Rico

[JimO]

Re: U.S. Pediatric Deaths - Tally: 162

Nine more in three days

This is still close to 15% of the confirmed deaths. What concerns me is the uncertainty with respect to California. When the State was reporting 176 deaths, they reported 20 pediatric H1N1 deaths. I found four more since that time in the LA County surveillance data, and three in media reports. So, we have no indication as to how many of the other approximately 75 deaths in California are children. If the overall percentage is any indicator, it could be as many as ten more.

On the other hand, the CDC MMWR reports suggest that there are many fewer pediatric deaths than the state reported, but, of course, they don't differentiate between seasonal and H1N1. Furthermore, no pediatric deaths have been reported in California by the CDC since Week 32. I know that at least LA County has had four since then, based on their surveillance data. So, I a very confused about California and would still qualify the total below.

Alabama 2
Alaska 2
Arizona 8
Arkansas 2
California 27
Colorado 7
Connecticut 1
Delaware 0
Florida 10
Georgia 5
Hawaii 1
Idaho 1
Illinois 3
Indiana 2
Iowa 0
Kansas 2
Kentucky 1
Louisiana 4
Maine 0
Maryland 2
Massachusetts 1
Michigan 0
Minnesota 3
Mississippi 3
Missouri 2
Montana 0
Nebraska 1
Nevada 0
New Hampshire 0
New Jersey 3
New Mexico 3
New York 10
North Carolina 2
North Dakota 0
Ohio 1
Oklahoma 3
Oregon 2
Pennsylvania 0
Rhode Island 1
South Carolina 3
South Dakota 0
Tennessee 8
Texas 23
Utah 3
Vermont 0
Virginia 2
Washington 1
Washington, D.C. 0
West Virginia 1
Wisconsin 5
Wyoming 0
American Samoa 0
Puerto Rico* 0
Virgin Islands 0
Guam 1

Total 162

[Missouriwatcher]

Re: U.S. Pediatric Deaths - Tally: 162

According to TX State Health Dept, there have been 16 pediatric deaths from H1N1 up through week 40. (Of note, age 18 is considered adult, so pediatric deaths are counted as 0-17 years of age)

"Influenza-Associated Pediatric Mortality
One influenza-associated pediatric death was reported during week 40. The child was an 11-year-old resident of HSR 2/3 with significant underlying medical conditions. The child was not vaccinated for influenza for the current season. Texas has reported one influenza-associated pediatric fatality during the 2009–10 influenza season. There were 15 influenza-associated pediatric deaths reported from April 26, 2009 to October 3, 2009." http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/dis...CurrentFlu.pdf

[JimO]

Re: U.S. Pediatric Deaths - Tally: 162

According to TX State Health Dept, there have been 16 pediatric deaths from H1N1 up through week 40. (Of note, age 18 is considered adult, so pediatric deaths are counted as 0-17 years of age)

"Influenza-Associated Pediatric Mortality
One influenza-associated pediatric death was reported during week 40. The child was an 11-year-old resident of HSR 2/3 with significant underlying medical conditions. The child was not vaccinated for influenza for the current season. Texas has reported one influenza-associated pediatric fatality during the 2009?10 influenza season. There were 15 influenza-associated pediatric deaths reported from April 26, 2009 to October 3, 2009." http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/dis...CurrentFlu.pdf

I noticed that. I got my count from media reports posted for Texas. I will have to go back and double check. I'm having the same problem with California, except that the state and county data don't agree with CDC.

[GardenSpider]

Re: U.S. Pediatric Deaths - Tally: 162

Swine flu hits hard, early _ claims 11 more kids

by The Associated Press

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104973774

Excerpt:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says about half of the child deaths since September have been among teenagers.

And overall for the country, deaths from pneumonia and flu-like illnesses have passed what CDC considers an epidemic level.

The CDC's Dr. Anne Schuchat (SHU'-kit) says, "These are very sobering statistics."

This new strain is different from regular winter flu because it strikes the young far more than the old, and child deaths are drawing particular attention. Eighty-six children have died of swine flu in the U.S. since it burst on the scene last spring ? 43 of those deaths reported in September and early October alone, said CDC's Dr. Anne Schuchat.

That's a startling number because in some past winters, the CDC has counted 40 or 50 child deaths for the entire flu season, she said, and no one knows how long this swine flu outbreak will last. Half of those early fall child deaths are among teenagers, also surprising as preschoolers are thought to be most vulnerable.

[Missouriwatcher]

Re: U.S. Pediatric Deaths - Tally: 162

TN should be one more.

"The 30 deaths include nine children, Tennessee Department of Health spokeswoman Shelley Walker confirmed to The Daily News Friday." http://www.memphisdailynews.com/edit....aspx?id=45488

[JimO]

Re: U.S. Pediatric Deaths - Tally: 162

I did a quick check and in addition to the 16 reported by the state (including the 11-yo from Week 40), there have been five reported in the media since then: 4-yo, 5-yo and three teenagers. That brings the total to 21. I will do a more exhaustive review, but, the other two could be an error on my part, 18-yo deaths, or a combination. I'll report back when I figure it out. Thanks for the posts. It's getting tough to keep up.

[JimO]

Re: U.S. Pediatric Deaths - Tally: 162

I created a spreadsheet and here is a summary:

Name - Gender - Age - Location

Miguel Tejada Vaszquez - M - 23 mos - Cameron County/Brownsville
Unknown - F - 12 yr - Fort Bend County
Unknown - M - 13 yr - Hidalgo County
Unknown - M - 14 yr - Travis County
Unknown - ? - Premature Infant - Bexar County
Alfie Watson - M - 14 yr - Bexar County
Unknown - F - 3 yr - Dallas County
Cynthia Garcia - F - 11 yr - Dallas County
Unknown - M - 14 yr - Unknown
Diamauri Hobbs - M - 6 yr - Bowie County/Texarkana
Unknown - ? - 8 mos - Dallas area
Unknown - ? - 3 yr - Houston area
Krista Mahan - F - 12 yr - Nueces County
Unknown - ? - 25 days - Houston area
Montrell Harris - M - 9 yr - Smith County
Lana Trinh - F - 16 yr - Dallas County
Chloe Lindsey - F - 14 yr - Tarrant County
Nathanial Anderson - M - 11 yr - Dallas County
Catherine Gibson - F - 5 yr - Travis County
Michael Soliz - M - 14 yr - Fisher County
Jose Sepulveda - M - 16 yr - Houston area
Yeimi Sierra Reyes - F - 4 yr - Fort Worth
Unknown - M - teen - Hays County

That is a total of 23; however, the last fatality was not in my earlier count. I removed the following because I could not confirm it:

Unknown - ? - 13 yr - Health Services Region 9/10

So, I removed one and added the latest fatality, so the total is back to 23. I don't have an age for the last teen on the list, but I believe he was younger than 18. We have ages on the rest and all are younger than 18.

[Shiloh]

Re: U.S. Pediatric Deaths - Tally: 162

There was another child that died in Fort Bend Co.:

Fort Bend County Health Department Spokesman David Whamoe said someone between the ages of 10 and 18 died in May, and a child between 0 and 6 months died in September.

[vt.mathgirl]

Re: U.S. Pediatric Deaths - Tally: 162

Jim, thanks so much for your time and effort. It seems that this is finally making the news, the 76 dead headline even made our local paper last week - incorrect and understated, but still it may wake people up.
What are you using as a start date for your count?