TY - JOUR AU - Dabanch, Jeannette AU - Perret, Cecilia AU - Nájera, Manuel AU - González, Claudia AU - Guerrero, Andrea AU - Olea, Andrea AU - Fasce, Rodrigo AU - Morales, Cecilia AU - Vega, Jeanette T1 - Age as Risk Factor for Death from Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Chile T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 7 SP - 1256 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 affected Chile during the winter of 2009. The hospitalization rate was 0.56% overall and 3.47% for persons >60 years of age at risk for severe disease and death independent of concurrent conditions. Age >60 years was the major risk factor for death from pandemic (H1N1) 2009. KW - pandemic (H1N1) 2009 KW - influenza KW - viruses KW - risk factors KW - age KW - mortality rate KW - elderly persons KW - Chile KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1707.101398 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/7/10-1398_article ER - End of Reference