Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Surveillance for Severe Illness and Response, New York, New York, USA, April–July 2009

Sharon Balter, Leena S. Gupta, Sungwoo Lim, Jie Fu, Sharon E. Perlman

, and for the New York City 2009 H1N1 Flu Investigation Team

Author affiliations: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, USA

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Age-adjusted rates of hospitalization for confirmed or probable pandemic (H1N1) 2009, by neighborhood poverty level, New York, New York, USA, April 24–July 7, 2009. Direct age standardization was performed by using weights from the 2000 US Census (11). Of 996 total patients, 993 had complete poverty data available. Star represents location of high school A.

Figure 2. Age-adjusted rates of hospitalization for confirmed or probable pandemic (H1N1) 2009, by neighborhood poverty level, New York, New York, USA, April 24–July 7, 2009. Direct age standardization was performed by using weights from the 2000 US Census (11). Of 996 total patients, 993 had complete poverty data available. Star represents location of high school A.

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